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In Wessington Springs, South Dakota you’ll find a building that may seem out-of-place compared to the other homes and businesses in town.  However, a stop...

There is power in prayer.  For the residents of this city, the results of their prayers are still celebrated every year to commemorate an event...

What you know about this battle probably comes from a song you’ve heard.  So today we’ll “Take a little trip along with Colonel Jackson” to...

It was Christmas of 1814 and the residents of New Orleans knew the British were heading their way.  Soon they’d be on the ground intent...

Before you can get a group to move toward a goal, you have to get them working together.  That was the biggest challenge facing this...

We think of Yorktown as the place where the United States secured its independence.  However, this battle over three decades later kept the young nation...

He owned one of the largest ranches in Texas in the late 1800s and he might just have the biggest grave marker of any rancher...

In Bay City, Texas you’ll find a place that displays artifacts from a doomed expedition that arrived here over three centuries ago…

The explorer LaSalle was determined to sail to North America and find the mouth of the Mississippi River.  He missed it by a few hundred...

Many people like reminders of their heritage.  For the residents of this small town, the reminders is one very large…windmill.  This is the story of...

When a couple marries they often incorporate traditions from both of their families.  But for the immigrants from this nation, they found they were losing...

Immigrants from many countries came to the U.S. during the 19th century, but the young men from this country often came because the farms in...

Go down an interstate highway and you’ll find plenty of trucks.  While many look similar, there is really a great variety in what travels down...

When Bill Moon opened a truck stop in 1964, he perhaps didn’t imagine his passion for trucking would someday result in one of the largest...

It’s the largest of its kind and the story behind it is one of hard work, entrepreneurship and constant reinvestment into what had already been...