American Countryside

If you go to a circus you’ll probably see some clowns.  Most clowns smile and laugh.  This one did the opposite.  He never smiled and his routine became a headliner for some of the biggest shows in the world…

A lot of kids love the circus.  Maybe some imagine joining the circus one day.  This kid did just that and his story is one that touched many lives…

He is the biggest of his kind and you certainly won’t miss him if you drive into Audobon, Iowa.  He’s been in the movies and even an answer on Jeopardy…

There have long been tensions between the U.S. and the middle east…but Chuck Scott believes today’s challenges stem from an incident decades ago…an ordeal in which he was held captive…

When the Iranian hostage situation began…most of those Americans held would have told you the conflict would have lasted a week at most…but in the end, the ordeal would stretch for well over a year.  We visit with one of those men who spent 444 days as a prisoner…

Considering world events, I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at an interview I did about twenty years ago with Chuck Scott.  Chuck had made several trips to the Middle East, but a new assignment in Tehran in 1979 impacted his life forever…

Some call this place the home of the generals.  It’s a fitting title because during the U.S. Civil War, nine generals all hailed from this one fairly small town…

When this man left town, to most, he was just a man who just rented a home and worked in a business here.  When he returned here about five years later the citizens purchased his family a home…

The name of a town can sometimes tell you a lot about its history.  That’s the case for a place in the northwestern corner of Illinois, the name of which tells you what they were digging up…

Near Granite Falls, Minnesota you’ll find a small airport with a remarkable collection of aircraft.  They represent a collection of planes that flew during World War II, one of the very few such collections you’ll find anywhere in the country…