American Countryside

Most of us after heard of the phrase, “the iron curtain” to describe the communist countries of eastern Europe during the Cold War. That phrase was controversial at the time and the words were delivered here…

Just two months after the Allies won the European theatre of World War II, the leader of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, lost reelection. The now out-of-office prime minister received an invitation though to an event that would end up predicting the state of the world for decades to come…

If there is a museum to Spam, well Reed Andrew thought there should certainly be a museum to this.  After all, a lot of people enjoy it just as much as he did.  So he began amassing a collection of items that is now on display for people to see and enjoy.  I’ll take you to his one-of-a-kind museum…

A lot of people enjoy root beer.  But how did a drink that contains no alcohol wind up with beer in the title?  And exactly what root is this basis of this drink? All those questions and much more can be answered here.  I’ll take you to the authority on root beer…

My in-laws had been telling me about a place called Angel Fire for many years.  They make an annual trip there to remember friends and family lost in the Vietnam War.  I was inspired when I recently made my first trip there as well…

When Doc Westfall lost a son to the Vietnam War, the event changed his plans for the future.  His new dream was one that honored all who fought…and we do mean ALL who fought…

The Westfalls had dreams of a ranch resort where they could retire.  Then tragedy struck and the plans for the ranch became a dream that inspires thousands who come here…

Did a man in Texas build an aircraft that flew a full year before the Wright Brothers plane?  There are some say that he did and you can come see his Biblical inspired craft at a museum in his hometown

They are called the Untouchables.  However, you may have not heard their story if not for one year this man spent in a small town in Pennsylvania.  This is the story of the series of events that occurred to make their story into books, tv shows and movies…

Cleveland was a city dealing with a major crime problem in the 1930s and 40s.  The man they brought here to fight crime was someone who had taken on the most notorious gangsters of the era…