It may sound like a laughing matter, but it was not.  A 25 foot tall wall of molasses was moving through the streets of Boston at 35 miles per hour.  We go to Commercial Street were the tragedy unfolded and explore the changes in our world as a result. 

It may sound like a laughing matter, but it was not.&nbsp; A 25 foot tall wall of molasses was moving through the streets of Boston at 35 miles per hour.&nbsp; We go to Commercial Street were the tragedy unfolded and explore the changes in our world as a result.&nbsp;

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

American Countryside - An Amazing Journey

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.  Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.&nbsp; Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

American Countryside

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

If in heaven the streets are paved in gold, then perhaps this town was pretty close to paradise.  For a century ago, their streets were literally paved in gold.  In fact, there was so much gold in the streets they eventually dug them up to get their hands on more of it...

If in heaven the streets are paved in gold, then perhaps this town was pretty close to paradise.&nbsp; For a century ago, their streets were literally paved in gold.&nbsp; In fact, there was so much gold in the streets they eventually dug them up to get their hands on more of it...

A Town with Streets Paved in Gold

You can buy a lot of things out of a vending machine, but this town had perhaps the most unique such device anywhere in the nation.  For at this vending machine, you could get the paperwork filed for your own divorce...

You can buy a lot of things out of a vending machine, but this town had perhaps the most unique such device anywhere in the nation.&nbsp; For at this vending machine, you could get the paperwork filed for your own divorce...

A Vending Machine for Your Divorce

Sometimes people and towns like to go against the grain and live life differently.  For the folks in Corrine, Utah that was definitely the case when it was founded over a century ago.  In fact, it was such a unique town in the state…some wanted it to leave its borders...

Sometimes people and towns like to go against the grain and live life differently.&nbsp; For the folks in Corrine, Utah that was definitely the case when it was founded over a century ago.&nbsp; In fact, it was such a unique town in the state&hellip;some wanted it to leave its borders...

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

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