Places - Page 5

During a cross country flight, take a look out the window. What do you see? Lots of open space and small towns, each with its own story and unique people. If you need a new place to explorer on your next vacation, try some of the places American Profile has visited.

Big on Basketball

by Jackie Sheckler Finch

Basketball fever runs deep in New Castle (pop. 17,780). In fact, that's why the community built a gymnasium to seat 9,325 spectators in 1959.

first appeared: 11/25/2007

Re-creating Rockwell

by Sean Conneely

The country store's doorbell jingles merrily as holiday shoppers shuffle to and fro. Children play in the street and dream of what Santa will bring.

first appeared: 11/18/2007

My America

Winners selected in American Profile's photo contest

first appeared: 11/4/2007

Taking Pride in Privies

by Marti Attoun

While some small towns fade without a fight when their schools and businesses are boarded up, in 1996 resourceful Elk Falls residents took a look at what makes their town distinctive and decided to flaunt it.

first appeared: 10/28/2007

A 'Royal' Rebirth

by Kristen Tribe

Laughter ripples through the crowd at the Royal Theater in Archer City, Texas (pop. 1,848), as singer Rodney Hayden tells a witty tale.

first appeared: 10/21/2007

The Smithsonian

by Warren D. Jorgensen

Jerry Hudis works quietly scraping and brushing away embedded dirt from a 120-million-year-old dinosaur bone.

first appeared: 10/21/2007

Honoring Baseball's Famous "Feller"

by Lisa Lavia Ryan

When Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller, 88, looks back over his life and career, he knows where to give credit. "It was my upbringing," he says.

first appeared: 10/14/2007

Saving Sacred Places

by Marti Attoun

Tugging the rope on the bell at North Trinity Lutheran Church in Walsh County, N.D., Kenneth Johnson listens reverently as the soul-satisfying tone drifts across the vast prairie.

first appeared: 10/7/2007

Showcasing Lincoln's Legacy

by Alanna Nash

"When you recognize where Lincoln came from-the wilderness of Kentucky-and where he wound up, his story is so inspirational as to be nothing short of phenomenal."

first appeared: 10/7/2007

A Bewitching Time

by Sean Conneely

On a blustery October night, a cloaked figure turns down a dimly lit alleyway in Salem, Mass. (pop. 40,407).

first appeared: 9/30/2007

Singing the Grafton Blues

by Ann Hattes

Until recently, most residents of Grafton, Wis. (10,312), had little idea they were living on musically sacred ground.

first appeared: 9/16/2007

From Vineyard to Vintage

by Jeanne Lauf Walpole

Tucked between San Francisco Bay and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Lodi enjoys a classic Mediterranean climate of warm days and cool, moist nights, which is ideal for growing grapes for wine.

first appeared: 9/9/2007

Amish & Antiques

by Marti Attoun

Hochstetler is among 20,000 Amish residents in Elkhart and LaGrange counties, home to the world's third largest concentration of the pious Protestant faith.

first appeared: 8/26/2007

Kindergarten is for Kids

by Marti Attoun

Sitting on a stool in front of her kindergarten class, Emma Wollenberg, 6, introduces her cuddly toy horse to her classmates.

first appeared: 8/12/2007

Wild About Blueberries

by Sean Conneely

The crowd at the Wild Blueberry Festival in Machias, Maine (pop. 2,353), buzzes with anticipation as contestants take their places...

first appeared: 8/5/2007

Good Land for Sunflowers

by Marti Attoun

Fifty thousand acres of sunflowers burst into bloom each August, creating a golden spectacle in fields around Goodland, Kan.

first appeared: 7/29/2007

Jamestown Loves Lucy

by Laurie Mercer

Sporting perfectly coiffed red hair and a 1950s-style swing skirt, Lucille Ball look-alike Diane Vincent mingles with a crowd of Lucy fans in Jamestown, N.Y.

first appeared: 7/22/2007

Steeped in Hops

by Polly Campbell

From mid-August through September, farmers in the Yakima Valley labor nearly around-the-clock harvesting 75 percent of the nation's hops

first appeared: 7/15/2007

The Ice Cream Sundae

by Marti Attoun

To savor a sundae in the city where the ice cream treat originated, head to Ithaca, N.Y., or Two Rivers, Wis.

first appeared: 7/8/2007

U-Pick

by Marti Attoun

Katelyn Chung, 5, scampers down a wide grassy path between rows of blackberry bushes at Butler's Orchard in Germantown, Md

first appeared: 6/24/2007

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