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Hey, it turns out that Vermont really WAS a Republic! But man, did they mess up when it came to its original name. That and more in our exploration of Windsor, VT>

We check out Smyrna, Delaware, the site of the last legal hanging in the United States... in 1996. Also, prison riots and Amish markets.

On September 12, 1931, Thalia Massie stormed out of a Navy dance in Waikiki and set off a chain of events that would a man dead, captivate Americans on the mainland and change the political face of Hawaii right up to the present day. It was known as the Massie Affair.

In 1733, Akwamu slaves rebelled against their Danish masters and took the island of St. John by force. But why did their rebellion ultimately fail?

As a young boy, Chinook tribal member Ranald MacDonald had dreamed of exploring Japan. The only problem was that the country had been closed to foreigners for 200 years and was known to execute any who dared to break this law. But why would he let a little thing like that stop him?

James Jesse Strang had a vision. It involved an island in the middle of Lake Michigan and an angelic decree that he was destined to be its king.

Haverhill, Massachusetts has such a rich recorded history that we had a bit of trouble finding one thing to focus on. But Hannah Duston made the cut.

In this Anytown, USA/City on the Edge mashup, your hosts Ty Bannerman, Courtney FitzGerald and Mike Smith take a look at Cedar Crest, New Mexico, and the peculiar man who founded it.

There's a good chance that the first dinosaur you ever saw was a "Dippy." Where did it come from? How did it wind up in dozens of museums across the world? Why did it get such a stupid name? Find out in this episode.

When the US Air Force was looking for empty land on which to build a massive MX missile base, Juab County, Utah, seemed like a no-brainer. After all, only 10,000 people lived there. Unfortunately for them, one of those people was Cecil Garland. We tell the story of how Garland stood firm against the US Government's plan to exploit the land he loved.

The first European claim on land that would become part of Fulton County, NY was a tract of Mohawk hunting ground called the Valley of the Crooked Stream. We tell the ignominious story of how this parcel came into European hands.

From the legacy of colonialism to forgotten Japanese soldiers, we enter uncharted territory (literally) with our first episode devoted to a US territory.

We look at Johnson County, Iowa, named after a particularly hypocritical vice president of the United States, and the town of Oxford, where nearly every citizen was photographed in 1984 and then again in 2005.

Springfield is all about Abraham Lincoln, but hey, what about Mr. Accordion? Also, the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon, a giant PLAYABLE bell tower.

Somehow, Mountain Home, Idaho, isn't in the mountains. In fact, it was founded when one town more or less swiped a post office from another. In this episode, we talk about this little town's peculiar history, as well as Evel Knieval's fateful fall in the nearby Snake River Canyon. Along the way, we'll meet a scoundrel stage coach baron and visit a charming wall made of pennies.

We check out Bloomfield, CT, one-time home to the New England Muscle Bicycle Museum and the most depressing group of Whigs in the world. Also: Legends of black dogs in the nearby Hanging Hills, and Harriet Beecher Stowe's declining years.

Why was Orford, New Hampshire's original name "Number Seven." Who is the ghostly presence that stalks nearby Mount Moosilauke? And who really invented the steam engine? We answer those questions, and more, in this episode on Grafton County, NH.

We check out the island town of Barnegat Light, named after the US's second tallest lighthouse, and find stories of airship disasters, cranberrie bogs and Bloody pine robbers. Oh, and muskrats.

We are joined by a REAL LIVE one-time Oxford, Mississippi resident who fills us in on the city's history. We then take a dive into the Ole Miss riots, when white supremacists tried to stop James Meredith, the Universty's first black student, from enrolling.

We take a trip to Cleveland County, Arkansas and find out how Coach Bear Bryant gained his name and Stephen Dorsey lost a county. Hint: Wrestling bears is better for your reputation than stealing railroads.