American Countryside

In Tifton, Georgia there’s a place were you can ride a rare, vintage steam locomotive and learn the stories of the early settlers who tapped pine trees to produce a product that could be used for many purposes, including helping bake your potatoes…

Farming has changed much over the years and many of us still enjoy seeing the ways things were once done.  In a moment I’ll take you to a place that shares that story very well as they continue to do things the old way…

One vote may not seem like much, but it’s one vote that kept this man as President of the United States…

It had an inauspicious beginning.  A variety show held in the basement of city hall that attracted a couple dozen patrons seated in metal folding chairs.  But it’s grown into one of the longest and best known acts in the country…

They were called the Baldknobbers – a group of vigilantes that roamed the Ozarks dispensing justice as they saw fit.  The group still exists but it’s far different that the renegades from the 1800s…

There is a very famous tunnel running beneath the surface of a barnyard in Meade, Kansas.  It was built in secret, but today it’s very much open to the public so you can explore and choose which side of the story you believe…

The infamous Dalton Gang robbed individuals and businesses in the Midwest during the early 1890s.  But not all of the Dalton children had a life of crime.  We take a unique visit to their sister’s house and the roles she may have played in the gang’s work…

It was the end of the train line, and that fact meant that very few towns survived west of here. Today this small town remains an important spot on the high plains…

Some might think there’s not too much to see around Faith, South Dakota.  But when people began to do a little digging, it turned out they had some of the biggest things to see that were every found on the planet…

When Minnesota plays Iowa in football each year, the winning team will hoist a unique trophy for all to see.  It’s a trophy of a hog and the story behind it is about a century old…