The Nifty Fifty Show

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We're on both I-80 and I-90...a thrill as we drive into Ohio! We'll stop and talk for awhile in Toledo, Glass City, before heading east and (sadly) bypassing Cleveland. There is time, though, for a few rollercoasters at Cedar Point!

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We're crossing the Mississippi! But not until we talk about wrestling and why Iowa. After we'll talk about John Deere and flat states vs pancakes before passing Chicagoland and ending near Notre Dame!

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Today we're talking boxed cakes, rivers, and gilded domes as we travel from one state capital and past another. We also finally leave Nebraska and are finished with the dry Western states!

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We're taking a quick break from the interstate (again) and heading south through the plains of Nebraska to see where America's favorite childhood drink was invented and stop by a literary gem of a town before heading to Lincoln to pick up our journey again. 

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We're making it out of the West and into the Midwest as we leave Wyoming. Today's topics range from women's suffrage to Cabela's to a heartfelt community story centered on trains running through North Platte. The land is getting greener as we enter the rain-fed plains...

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Now comes the worst possible drive ever: Wyoming. (Sorry not sorry.) But before we leave SLC, we'll talk about the Olympics and pioneers, then endure Evanston and the barrenness of central-southern Wyoming where it snows in June and there's a random Lincoln statue in the mountains.

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We're crossing the West, I promise! Today's episode covers eastern Nevada and Western Utah, ending in Salt Lake City! We'll talk about Basques, the Great Basin, salt, and Utah's lovely hilltop state capitol. 

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We're taking a small break from the interstate and heading south of Reno to Nevada's cute state capitol and one of the most gorgeous lakes in the world. We're also in true Western territory, with some of the largest ghost towns and silver mines in American history close by as well. 

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We're continuing our journey eastward over the Sierra Nevada. This will be a short jaunt, be we've got two 19th century stories to talk about: the Donner Party and the namesake of Reno, Nevada. 

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This is the first episode of our armchair roadtrip! We're starting in one of America's most scenic cities: San Francisco. We'll enjoy some time eating sundaes and looking at the Golden Gate Bridge (getting some steps in on the hills!) before hopping into the car and winding our way around the bay and into the Central Valley. It's a short drive to Sacramento, but we'll talk about the second-most flood prone city in the US, which is coincidentally one of the sunniest cities on the planet. We're off to a great start!