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Bar Harbor, Maine is a place many people like to come and enjoy the state’s coastline and nearby Acadia National Park.  One of the draws...

In most states you can get a license to drive at the age of 16.  In this state you can get a license to do...

If you go to a nice restaurant that serves seafood, one of the highest dollar items is usually lobster.  A lot of folks think eating...

Today you could get a ticket if you don’t drive on your side of the road.  But in 1917, Dr. June McCarroll could not get...

Dueling was a way to solve serious disputes early in our nation’s history.  However it’s this duel in 1859 that’s said to have ended the...

Many 19th century immigrants came to the U.S. on ships.  When these enterprising men arrived, they found a unique use for their boat…

The eastern end of the Pony Express was in St. Joseph, Missouri.  You can still go and see the stables yet today.  So where was...

If your home or business flooded, you might seek higher ground.  Here, the people didn’t go somewhere else, they just began raising all of their...

It was just an ordinary field until the winter of 1862.  That’s when floodwaters pushed onto the land and a town sprang up that would...

You’ve heard of Noah’s flood.  This city had it worse it terms of numbers of straight days of rain.  What resulted is an event still...

Many of us have worn the blue and gold jacket of the Future Farmers of America – the FFA.  Today I’ll take you to the...

Did you ever imagine you might turn a collection into your own museum?  This man has museums within museums.  In fact, you might call him...

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Harold Bell Wright.  He was one of the top author’s a century ago, selling books at an...

The parents of every young kids, and some old ones, know they love their toys.  Tom Beck set out to put as many of those...

What should you do with your time when you retire?  Tom and Wendy Beck took an adventure that resulted in the largest collection of its...