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I Always Eat in Galesburg
04/13/2012

The reason I stop in Galesburg, Illinois, every chance I get is simple. It's the Packinghouse Dining Company.

Ag and Trade | Cool Places | Growth and Development
Rambling Development, Scented Pioneers
04/12/2012
pioneer roses AREAn inspired and energetic horticulturist builds a national business from old glories growing throughout the rural South.
Cool Places | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
Store Closing? No Problem in Cambridge
01/16/2012

When a regional chain retailer decided to close its store in Cambridge, Nebraska, the town had an answer. Cambridge would open its own.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places
Have a Rezzy Little Christmas
12/22/2011

The best Christmases are the ones in our memory. An Sicangu Lakota blogger recently asked her Facebook friends about the holiday — and these are the memories that came in return.

 

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife
'Abominable Mysteries' at Yahoo Falls
12/16/2011

silene It's hunting season. Two Kentucky plantsmen head unarmed into the territory of putty root and pink muhly, finding the highest waterfall in the state and othr wonders.

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife
Opening a Break in Big Bend Country
12/12/2011

crossing at BoquillasAfter 9/11, a border crossing from the village of Boquillas, Mexico, was closed. Now a proposed port of entry could preserve local wildlife and save a dying town.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places | Travel/Recreation
36 Hours in (and around) Eunice, Louisiana
10/27/2011

cory at savoyRural Louisiana birthed three styles of original music, and dance fans -- local and far flung -- ensure that every beat goes on.

Cool Places | Food
Wendish Comfort Food: Kaffee Kuchen
10/21/2011

serbin streuselWhat food says "welcome" in your town? In Lee County, Texas, it's coffee cake -- just the thing for breakfast, as a snack, or after long a Trans-Atlantic crossing.

Cool Places | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics | Politics and Government
Ord, Nebraska, and the 1% Miracle
10/18/2011

ord hot rodsA county in rural Nebraska quit waiting for state and federal help and passed a local sales tax to help itself, shoring up old businesses, starting new ones, and improving local institutions. From hot rods to high tech to housing, Valley County is on a roll.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places | Education
Boozhoo: Signs of Racial Reconciliation
09/28/2011

ojibwe primerIn Bemidji, Minnesota, a town with a history of angry race relations, a few well-placed Ojibwe words have opened the way for mutual trust and respect.

Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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