American Countryside

You know you have quite a farm and mansion when the stables are many times larger, and nicer, than many homes.  Such was the case for a place called Pebble Hill – a place you can still visit today, just like presidents did…

You can still find several antebellum homes scattered throughout the southern United States.  While this home has similar roots, it tells the story of an ownership change that occurred at many such places in the late 1800s…

Not many people set out to own a historic gold and silver mine.  That was the case for Andre, but soon he found himself owner of much of the land below the city that he served as mayor…and today he’ll take you on a tour of what’s underground…

When the first miners hit veins of ore here, they knew it was “good enough” to open a profitable mine.  And thus, the name “Good Enough” mine stuck.  But what they found underground was far more than simply good enough…it was great…

Not many folks have heard of Goose Flats, Arizona.  After all, the most exciting thing in Goose Flats was the fact that geese sometimes landed there as they migrated through the area.  But then a man named Ed Schieffelin came along and changed everything…

Scott Robb holds many world records.  That fact makes him a well-recognized man among Alaskan farmers and among those who attend the state’s fair.  We visit with him about those giant titles…

Imagine a record that stood for over a century.  That’s quite a mark to be broken, but today, Scott Robb is the world’s best in this category – and his goal every year is to produce more world’s records…

Sometimes you might wish you just had more hours of the day to get things done.  For a portion of the year, the people who live here, feel as if that’s exactly the case, and their gardens can prove it…

It is a unique and somewhat remote stretch of river one can float or canoe.  For years ranchers knew of the beauty of this place, and now more people are coming to a river in the sand hills region of Nebraska to catch some views you can only see on the water…

Over a century ago, it was common to have one room school houses to educate rural children through the 8th grade.  However, one community in north central Nebraska wanted their ranch kids to get a high school education and what they created used the prairie soil as its foundation…