Many Florida road maps show the location of the ruins of Sam Jones Old Town in the Everglades. People often go to the place looking for ruins, but there are no ruins there. The reason is that such a t...
A small town barber was having trouble with a new chain operation that came to town. To get the customers to change, the chain advertised a slogan "Home of the $5 Haircut." The old barber had just abo...
Never forget the sacrifices someone has made for you and your benefit....
What will you be remembered for when your time on Earth has come to an end? Will you be known for your helpfulness and friendliness?...
A pediatrician in town always plays a game with some of his young patients to put them at ease and test their knowledge of body parts. ...
Traveling through New England, a motorist stopped for gas in a tiny village. "What type of town is this?" he asked the station attendant....
Jan Karon is the author of the beloved and hugely successful Mitford book series. The books follow the lives of the denizens of a small North Carolina mountain village called Mitford. One of the ce...
For the first time in many years, an older man traveled from his rural town to the city to attend a movie. After buying his ticket, he stopped at the concession stand....
Traveling north along Virginia's eastern shore one passes through villages with practical names like Oyster and Birdnest, and through villages with Indian names like Nassawadox and Pungoteague. Then j...
In her book, Three Kentucky Towns That Never Were, the author, Mariam S. Houchens, names Lystra and Franklinville in Nelson County. They existed only on paper. Elaborate plans showed streets, parks, c...
The orthopedic surgeon was moving to a new office across town, and decided to carry the display skeleton in the front seat of his car. ...
The town of Greeneville, TN, is characterized for the spelling of Greene after the revolutionary war hero Nathaniel Greene. Local citizens are very careful to include the "E" in his honor. Greene was ...
A famous minister was delivering a speech at a banquet. He wanted to repeat the stories he had told at an event at a church in town the following day, so he asked members of the press to omit those st...
Several months ago a tornado struck the small town of Piedmont, Alabama. Twenty people were killed. Most of them were inside the Goshen United Methodist Church at the time. Among those killed was the ...
Gospel musician Hilding Halverson told of overhearing a conversation between his son and two other little boys. The youngsters were bragging about their dads. One boy said proudly, "My dad knows the...
This is an illustration from the movie Big Fish, courtesy of MovieMinistry.com: The Big Idea: Knowing the future makes you fearless. Scene Setup: Early in his life, Edward believed that he had seen ho...
In a particular church they had a lady who was known to be the town gossip....
Towering over the resort town of Banff in the Canadian Rockies is Mt. Rundle. The mountain is named for Robert Rundle, first missionary to come to that part of the world. Robert Rundle was a Methodist...
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began divi...
The circus came into town and they wanted to add a new act: a man would climb a 200-foot tower, then jump into a washbarrel of water. The manager said to one applicant, "Try it." So he did. He climbed...