American Countryside

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…

He was in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s first class and his nine seasons with the Chicago Bears saw him star on both sides of the football.  I’ll take you to the museum the honors the hometown hero…

When you think of gold mining towns in the U.S., you probably don’t think of this area of the country.  The gold rush was short, but you can still where those miners where drilling for the precious metal…

If you go to International Falls, Minnesota looking for a picturesque waterfall, you’ll be disappointed.  This is the story of the falls on this international border…

When we think of rivers that form the border of the Unites States, we often think of the Rio Grande in the southwestern U.S.  However, here in the north central part of the country. there’s a river that forms part of this nation’s northern border…

Friday nights in the fall are a time when many high schools play football games.  And of course, today many college and pro games are played under the lights.  But there had to be a first ever night football game…and Mansfield, PA is the place it occurred…https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/09/26Sep25-First-Night-Football-Game-2.mp3

In the 1890s the game of football was just beginning on some college campuses.  That was the case in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.  The college there was just in it’s second year of the sport when the team captain had a novel idea…

In Sumner, Mississippi you’ll find an old courthouse was a restored second floor courtroom.  Today there are no trials, just visitors to this place.  They come to recall a galvanizing moment in a tragic event that took place here…