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Soda Fountain

by Marti Attoun

Cherry phosphates, brown cows, dipsy doodles and other soda fountain treats are sipped and savored at Wilton Candy Kitchen

first appeared: 6/8/2008

Making Matchstick Marvels

by Melody Warnick

From its tiny mullioned windows to its gargoyle-festooned towers, woodworker Patrick Acton's model of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the boarding-house home of Hollywood's favorite teenage wizard, Harry Potter, is an amazingly detailed replic

first appeared: 11/11/2007

A Passion for Planting Trees

by Andy Leheny

Several thousand trees in and around Davenport, Iowa, wouldn’t be shading and beautifying the city if not for the efforts of Michael Giudici, 54, an arborist with a mission.

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

Remembering John Wayne

by Lisa Lavia Ryan

Years before Marion Robert Morrison became actor John Wayne, he already had a claim to fame in his hometown of Winterset, Iowa.

first appeared: 5/20/2007

Furniture the Old-Fashioned Way

by Melody Warnick

His leather boots planted firmly in a drift of wood chips, Robby Pedersen chisels the dovetailed joints of a flat-top trunk exactly as he does everything else: by hand.

first appeared: 3/18/2007

Living Small

by j. poet

Jay Shafer appears larger than life, standing on the front porch of his 100-square-foot home in Sebastopol, Calif. (pop. 7,774), welcoming a visitor with an outstretched hand and a big smile.

first appeared: 3/4/2007

Will You Marry Me?

by Marta W. Aldrich

Marriage is proposed in every way—and place—imaginable. Some proposals are sweet and subtle, while others are elaborate and extravagant.

first appeared: 2/11/2007

Spreading Barn Quilts

by Melody Warnick

After nearly 100 years of sheltering hay and hogs, the whitewashed barn near Conrad, Iowa, had reached the end of its practical life.

first appeared: 11/5/2006

Cornfield Craze

by Marti Attoun

Farm mazes grow into family fun

first appeared: 8/20/2006

Keeping the Faeth

by Lori Erickson

In a typical year, the Faeths harvest about 15,000 bushels of more than 50 different varieties of apples grown on 20 acres.

first appeared: 7/23/2006

Father & Son Look-alikes

Just as we featured look-alike mothers and daughters in our Mother's Day edition, American Profile celebrates Father's Day with photos sent in from fathers and sons with uncanny resemblances.

first appeared: 6/18/2006

Leading By Example

by Doug Goodnough

Grassroots leaders like teenage mayor Michael Sessions are making their communities better

first appeared: 4/16/2006

Whatta Water Tower!

by Marti Attoun

Hometown landmarks inspire community pride

first appeared: 1/22/2006

Acts of Kindness

by Marta W. Aldrich

Our 5th annual account of ordinary Americans doing good deeds for one another

first appeared: 12/25/2005

Harvest for All

by Marti Attoun

Iowa farmer Steve Anderegg has never met Dallas Clark, a spunky 4-year-old in Missouri who loves grape juice and chicken. But they are linked at America’s dinner table through a national network of sharing.

first appeared: 6/5/2005

We Proceeded On

by Vicki Brown

ln May 1804, Capts. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off from winter camp near St. Louis with their party of men—dubbed the Corps of Discovery by President Thomas Jefferson—on an epic journey to the Pacific Ocean.

first appeared: 4/11/2004

Library Cats

by Marti Attoun

The shelves at the Spencer Public Library are filled with happy-ending stories, but they can’t hold a whisker to the one that began on a freezing January morning 16 years ago.

first appeared: 3/14/2004

Restoring the Little Sisters of Lady Liberty

by Marti Attoun

All across America, towns are shining up a symbol of freedom—200 little sisters of liberty that were dedicated from 1949 to 1951.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

Not Just Clowning Around

by Marti Attoun

Although Ben and Andy share in the shenanigans, their job as bullfighters is serious—to protect the bull rider.

first appeared: 7/6/2003

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