If you want to make it big in retailing clothes and general merchandise, you might not pick southwestern Wyoming as the place to begin.  Yet, that is exactly where this chain of stores traces in roots…

Many people travel to Savannah, Georgia, the state’s oldest city, to enjoy its tree lined streets and colonial history.  A visit to Georgia’s second oldest city will provide you a unique history of its own…a story designed to improve upon Savannah…

There was no doubt the men assigned to this fort did not like it here.  But exactly how far would they go to get free from this deadly place?

In southeast Georgia you’ll find an outpost built to protect the British interests from the Spanish and the French.  While important in location, it proved to be a place soldiers did not want to serve…

It took a large workforce from points around the globe to lay the rails that connected the nation.  In Evanston, Wyoming you’ll find an important part of one immigrant community who helped in that effort…

It’s known as “Hockeytown USA.”  This small but mighty town has produced many top athletes and has competed at the highest levels of the sport despite its size…

The northernmost point in the lower 48 states was created when the maps of the era weren’t accurate in determining exactly where some important landmarks were located.  Today I’ll take you to that place in the north where a mistaken location created an unusual international border…

These days it’s not that uncommon to find people who live to be 100 years old or more.  In this northern Minnesota town, there was a man who went well past that mark…

In northern Minnesota you’ll find a town with an interesting name – Warroad.  So was this truly a road to war?

You know you probably had a special football career when your old high school adopted your name as its mascot.  This is the story of a two-sport all-star…