Watch and Listen

Kentucky is such a beautiful state.

More than 600,000 young men died while fighting the US Civil War.

A very intense Civil War battle took place here in Franklin, Tennessee and one family was particularly affected.

There's a very odd detail about a Civil War battle site southeast of Nashville.

In the 1800s a group of Christians called The Shakers started this commune. The sect's numbers reached 9,000 at its peak but only 3 people still practice the faith today.

There is a TON of early American history on this one city block in Kentucky.

Early American pioneer and hero Daniel Boone's final resting place.

From at least Missouri to Virginia, the corn is looking very healthy this year!

My bunkmate hated to see me go so soon.

When you stay at a cabin in the Kentucky wilderness, this is how you shower!

After John Adams and Thomas Jefferson reconciled their friendship, their letters provided some of the most important descriptions of early American life and politics.

Lewis & Clark had a rough trip across the continent as they explored The Louisiana Purchase. But have you ever heard of the 'Thunderclappers' they took along with them on their journey courtesy of Dr. Benjamin Rush??

On January 10, 1862 a very important Civil War battle was fought at this spot in far eastern Kentucky. The Union would win thw day after a daring plan by Colonel James Garfield defeated the Confederates who would lose any hope of controlling Kentucky following the battle.

Making a previously unplanned stop!

The cemetery holds a memorial to those who died in the Marshall University football plane crash on November 14, 1970. There were 75 victims, all associated with the university, 37 were players. 6 players were burned so badly from the massive fireball that they are buried together here.

This museum in a 100 hear old former elementary school has a fabulous collection of some VERY old radios (transistor, ham, CB, etc), TVs and all sorts of equipment from the past 100 uears plus. If you love seeing and touching these blasts from the past, the Museum of Radio & Technology is a must visit. In this clip, I sat with the type of equipment I used all the time during my early days in radio of the 1990s (that equipment was old even then)! Shout out to Lloyd McIntyre and his wife Patty who were manning the fort that day!

I'm a nerd for tri-state anomalies.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were brilliant minds and friend during the founding of America. The election of 1800 turned that bond into a bitter rivalry with scars that would last for years.

Both the initial approach and the setting for the West Virginia state capitol building are memorable.

Unexpected gems like this one are waiting to be discovered when you avoid the interstate!

Take a 5 minute tour of Cape Girardeau, Missouri to see the place where radio talk show legend Rush Limbaugh grew up. From where he was born, the house he lived in for 18 years, his high school, to early jobs....let's take a quick drive around town!

Yay! I guess we're saving the planet or something.

The Potomac River and the Great Falls National Park in Fairfax County, VA near DC is a must see. Such a peaceful setting in the heart of a major metropolitan area