American Countryside

By Andrew McCreaSociety & Culture

American Countryside episodes

August 25 The Cemetery That Drew a Crowd
Most cemeteries are peaceful memorials to those who have passed. That was the case here, until one of the newly interred brought so many visitors, he had to be moved…
3 min
August 24 The Waters
When the first pioneers set about buildings homes and towns they often looked for a good water source to sustain the settlement. That’s the case here, and the water source even became the very name of the town…
3 min
August 21 The Unusual Goat Gland Doctor
You can still find the mansion and the hotel here in Del Rio, Texas of a once prominent and controversial doctor who touted his cures around the world. His chicanery brought him riches, but also brought him to the courts…
3 min
August 20 A Million Watt Radio Station
We are thankful for the many stations that air our broadcasts every day, but nothing could match the power of this renegade station and the man behind it. He was the doctor with a million watt station…
3 min
August 19 A Rebel With a Home Town
It’s the hometown of the creator of Garfield, Jim Davis…but it’s the other hometown hero that gets the big celebration…
3 min
August 18 A Hometown Hero
He was just 24 years old when he died in a traffic accident…yet for the annual celebrations of his life and career in acting, one might think he lived for a century…
3 min
August 17 Uncovering Treasure in Lost Luggage
Some describe it as a hunt for lost treasure. Others think it would be like hitting the lottery. It’s a unique hunt through the lost luggage of the airlines to see the valuable and not-so-valuable items we’ve left behind…
3 min
August 14 Losing Parts of Your F-16
Who would pack a surfboard in their luggage to go on an airplane? Someone did, and then lost the surfboard. Someone else took a pair of McDonalds golden arches – and then there’s the person that lost the guidance system to a F-16. The unique menagerie all wound up here…
3 min
August 13 Where Does Lost Luggage Go?
Where does lost luggage go? Perhaps you’ve wondered that if you’ve ever landed at an airport and your bags didn’t arrive. Today we tell you where that luggage most likely gone if you don’t soon locate it…
3 min
August 12 Leaving Your Mark
If someone makes a difference in the world, we may say they’ve left their mark. Well this spot is known today for the literal mark one man made on it. It’s the equivalent of graffiti in the early 1800s, but because of who wrote it…it’s historic…
3 min