American Countryside

American Countryside

By Andrew McCreaSociety & Culture
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American Countryside episodes

  • The Windmill That Took Quite a Trip

    Many people like reminders of their heritage.  For the residents of this small town, the reminders is one very large…windmill.  This is the story of a windmill that took quite a trip…

    3 min
  • Losing Traditions

    When a couple marries they often incorporate traditions from both of their families.  But for the immigrants from this nation, they found they were losing centuries old customs within one generation of coming here…

    3 min
  • The Danes Come to America

    Immigrants from many countries came to the U.S. during the 19th century, but the young men from this country often came because the farms in their homeland were simply too small to support more people…

    3 min
  • The I-80 Truck Stop Museum

    Go down an interstate highway and you’ll find plenty of trucks.  While many look similar, there is really a great variety in what travels down our rounds.  This place will amaze you with just what has hit the highways for well over a century…

    3 min
  • A Passion for Trucking

    When Bill Moon opened a truck stop in 1964, he perhaps didn’t imagine his passion for trucking would someday result in one of the largest museums of its kind…

    3 min
  • The Largest of Its Kind

    It’s the largest of its kind and the story behind it is one of hard work, entrepreneurship and constant reinvestment into what had already been created…

    3 min
  • Missing for Three Days After 9/11

    For three days Joe Torrillo’s family thought he’d died in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center.  However a mix-up at the firehouse resulted in an unlikely outcome for Joe and a happy ending for his family.  We look back at the events of 25 years ago…

    3 min
  • Surviving Two Building Collapses

    Joe Torrillo survived not one building falling on top of him, but two.  Against all odds, he made a dash for his life in lower Manhattan on September 11th, 2001.  We look back 25 years…

    3 min
  • An Understanding of Engineering

    Amid the tragic loss of life at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, one man saved the lives of dozens of rescue workers.  It was not because of his strength or heroism, but his understanding of engineering.  Today we look at the important decision one firefighter made before those buildings collapsed…

    3 min
  • Turning the Wheel to Lower Manhattan

    Joe Torrillo was ready to unveil a new action figure for a giant toy company in New York City.  However, the ceremony would not take place that day.  Instead, Joe’s intuition told him to turn the wheel of the car and head to lower Manhattan.  We remember 9-11 25 years later…

    3 min

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