American Countryside

The Harold family has farmed and ranched along the Kansas-Colorado border for over a century.  Their homestead may appear to be much like many others...

You may not fancy yourself a poet, and you may have forgotten a poem called My Western Home.  But in a moment you’ll find that...

The name Farmers Branch sums up the beginning of this place.  A rich ag community along a north Texas stream.  Today the landscape has changed…but...

Many people like to get popcorn when the go to the movies.  Initially though, theatres banned the snack because of the mess.  A visit here...

In Marion, Ohio you’ll find a museum that is the only one devoted to this in the world.  That fact is interesting in light of...

One, five, ten, twenty?  Now imagine there were more denominations and dozens of different types of bills in circulation. What you would have is a...

When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold.  While gold is there, there is much more to the story, for this...

Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold.  It’s the storyline of many a tv show and movie.  Where can...

Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox.  Or is it?  That’s the question many wondered a few decades back…

During the depths of the US Depression in the 1930s, the federal government took several steps to spur the economy.  One was forcing the sale...

For centuries people have recognized the natural beauty along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, but Steven Fananda’s family is hoping visitors want to...

Kids may go exploring when they have nothing better to do…and sometimes those adventures can lead to trouble.  But for this family…a wandering six year...