American Countryside

It’s the largest natural lake wholly within the state of California – a beautiful spot that take some effort to reach, but you are rewarded with great scenery, abundant wildlife and some of the best fishing in the nation…

Many of us had a lunchbox when we were growing up.  Debbie did as well, but when her mom tossed hers, she needed to get a new one.  What resulted is quite a collection and museum you can see today…

A witness can be a very important part of building a case.  And in this case, the witness is not a person, but rather two trees and what they observed was important for many transactions that have taken place for decades and centuries in the Midwest…

In a swamp in rural Arkansas you’ll find a point that literally impacts life and property in several midwestern states.  Today the site sits is a part of a state park that tells the significance of that place…

There are about 530 million acres in the Louisiana Purchase that the United State acquired from France in 1803.  The process of surveying that ground is an interesting story you probably have never heard…

Certain jobs have their own vocabulary, which is understandable to those who work there but gibberish to everyone else.  This is one such place…

In the northwest corner of the state of Washington you will find Olympic National Park.  It’s beautiful scenery encompasses most of the Olympic peninsula of the state.  On the west side, between the national park and the ocean you’ll find a city called Forks…

Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, but he wasn’t happy with the final product. Why was Jefferson grinding his teeth and not talking to his fellow delegates?

Thomas Jefferson took an important role in writing our declaration of independence, but most people don’t know he wasn’t even supposed to be in Philadelphia for meeting that drafted the document…

It’s a sate park like none other – a place where your entrance fee allows you the chance to find something far more valuable that what you paid to get in…and many think is a fun way to spend a few hours or a few days with family…