American Countryside

It’s common that towns, school and other sites are named in honor of U.S. Presidents.  So it’s natural that most people believe this town was named for our 16th President.  What’s intriguing though is that fact, it was named for the man well before he was ever elected to the highest office…

Today technology can help us predict and spot several storms that may be headed our way.  Of course, there was a time when that was not the case, and some towns came up with inventive ways to best warn their citizens.  Such was the case in Lincoln, Illinois…

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this fort, yet it was very important in the United State’s war that acquired much of today’s American southwest…

When the United States made the Louisiana Purchase they didn’t get all of today’s state of Louisiana.  Today I’ll take you to the part they didn’t initially purchase for a story of life on an international border of the early 1800s…

There are many towns in this country named Springfield, but only one can be home to this fictional tv family.  That designation brings several people here to visit every week…

There is some evidence this place in Vermont was in the crosshairs of the German military during World War II if their planes were to begin bombing the U.S…

A church doesn’t want to leave any place for the devil to hide.  This old church took that to heart and built a place with literally no corner to hide in…

The oldest log cabin in New England is on an island in Vermont.  It’s a spot you can visit today, and for those that do, you’ll find an interesting story about the man who built it and those who settled there…

In the northeastern part of Vermont you’ll find Lake Champlain, and in that body of water there are the Hero Islands.  So who is the hero?

Many writers take inspiration from nature.  That is certain true for this man who is known to take long walks and then come back to his desk to write.  The location of that desk and his cabin still bring visitors today to a well known pond…