One family can make a difference.  Stop in Cherokee, Iowa and you’ll find a museum and planetarium all there because one family wanted to honor their son.  It’s an impressive place that dates to the 1950s and it’s all free to see...

One family can make a difference.  Stop in Cherokee, Iowa and you’ll find a museum and planetarium all there because one family wanted to honor their son.  It’s an impressive place that dates to the 1950s and it’s all free to see...

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American Countryside

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.

The Sanford Museum

During World War II many airplanes made landings on places other that a smooth concrete runway.  The planes of the era were made to stand the force of landing on difficult terrain.  After the war, that fact came in very handy for one landing in an Iowa corn field...

During World War II many airplanes made landings on places other that a smooth concrete runway.  The planes of the era were made to stand the force of landing on difficult terrain.  After the war, that fact came in very handy for one landing in an Iowa corn field...

Handy Skills for Landing in an Iowa Cornfield

It was a cold, snowy night in 1960.  Residents of one Iowa town were mostly asleep when they suddenly began to hear what some may have thought was an attack by an airplane.  For some reason the town was being buzzed by a DC3 in the middle of a snowstorm...

It was a cold, snowy night in 1960.  Residents of one Iowa town were mostly asleep when they suddenly began to hear what some may have thought was an attack by an airplane.  For some reason the town was being buzzed by a DC3 in the middle of a snowstorm...

A Town Buzzed by a DC-3

The Pony Express was in operation for just a little over a year, however the story of horses and riders racing mail across the country continues to fascinate....

The Pony Express was in operation for just a little over a year, however the story of horses and riders racing mail across the country continues to fascinate....

The Sanford Museum

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