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I saw a sign in the window of a photographer’s studio the other day. It read: “If you have beauty, we’ll take it. If you have none, we’ll fake it.”
Ashley Pillar, 30, is the last of the old-fashioned river ferrymen, using a 15-foot pole to propel a barge carrying people and cars across the James River in Virginia. But its voyage through the past may soon be part of the past itself, a casualty of ebbing state funds.
Vivian White, 51, is determined to run nearly 6,500 miles — the distance from her home in Illinois to her son's front-line Army post in Iraq. “Every mile that I run brings him that much closer to being home,” she explains.
Gulls pumped past us into the rising sun. Boats grumbled below. Feet shifted. The aluminum ladder shook, and a face peered down.
Sometimes spring uncovers unexpected stories. Bud Merritt was hiking in Milledgeville, Ga., when he came across a long-forgotten cemetery.
There are more than 58,000 names on the in Washington, D.C. One of them belongs to Michael Najarian — but the Michael Najarian who served in Vietnam and now leans in to touch the engraving is still very much alive.
History manufactures its most memorable moments in out-of-the-way places. An Ohio bicycle shop was the birthplace of the the airplane. This generation may one day remember what was invented in the basement of a 99-cent store.
When George Washington took the oath of office, the presidency was a uniquely American institution. Back then, kings ruled most of the world. They believed they were divinely chosen.
Longing can chart a better course than MapQuest. After more than 60 years, the Abele brothers have finally found their father.
Xiamara Mena stands amid an army of tombstones. She has come here to begin the long, slow business of learning how to live alone. Her son, Army Cpl. Andy Anderson, is buried here among our heroes in Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in Iraq two years ago.
One of the joys of my job is the stolen moment — the brief downtime I try to carve out of each day to savor something special. In Tupelo, Miss., that moment comes in front of a small white frame house, built for $180: the boyhood home of Elvis Presley.
As the sun peeks over tall buildings, a dapper old gentleman, dressed impeccably in a $1,000 suit, squats on a New York City street corner. He is talking to himself, apparently absorbed in the joy of peeling carrots and potatoes.
Bernard McCoy is the worst-paid CEO in the country. His business makes millions in profits per year selling ink and toner online, but his annual pay is... zero.
Looking at Lady Liberty from fresh perspectivesAs the Statue of Liberty's interior reopens to the public, Bob Dotson recalls a classic American Story from 1983, when he made a dizzying ascent with a daredevil photographer who shot Lady Liberty from precarious positions.
Sad development: The last Kodachrome film labFifty years ago, 2,000 film labs in the U.S. processed Kodachrome. Now, Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, is the last one - in the entire world. "It's kind of pride mixed with sadness, because Kodak isn't making Kodachrome any more," said Dwayne Steinle's son, Grant.
Once a migrant worker, today he's a brain surgeonTwo decades ago, Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa used his hands to pick vegetables for $22 a day; now he's one of the world's best brain surgeons. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on how a laborer went from a California field to a lab at Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
Town clings to customs despite external influencesAfter years of persecution, "The Old Believers" founded the small Alaskan town of Nikolaevsk - a community whose rhythm of life hasn't changed since 1650. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on the extraordinary history of this Alaskan enclave.
Sons' love for missing dad plumbs the ocean's depthsJim Abele commanded a U.S. submarine that disappeared off the coast of Alaska in 1942. Last fall, the Navy confirmed that after a seven-year search, Abele's sons had solved one of World War II's biggest mysteries: the final resting place of the USS Grunion.
Finding final chapters to real-life mysteriesToday's American Story with Bob Dotson comes from Albuquerque, N.M., the home of a 77-year-old man whose mind never retired.� In the past seven years, he's solved three murders and found five missing women.
Potato peelers put him on Park AvenueJoe Ades wears a $1,000 suit and lives on New York City's Park Avenue - thanks to the $5 potato peelers he sells on street corners. "Never underestimate a small amount of money gathered by hand for 60 years," he says.
Potato peelers put him on Park AvenueJoe Ades wears a $1,000 suit and lives on New York City's Park Avenue - thanks to the $5 potato peelers he sells on street corners. "Never underestimate a small amount of money gathered by hand for 60 years," he says.
Potato peelers put him on Park AvenueJoe Ades wears a $1,000 suit and lives on New York City's Park Avenue - thanks to the $5 potato peelers he sells on street corners. "Never underestimate a small amount of money gathered by hand for 60 years," he says.
Town clings to customs despite external influencesAfter years of persecution, "The Old Believers" founded the small Alaskan town of Nikolaevsk - a community whose rhythm of life hasn't changed since 1650. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on the extraordinary history of this Alaskan enclave.
A beacon of hope for unwanted lighthousesThere are about 200 lighthouses for sale all around the country and, ironically, people are paying big bucks for lighthouses few wanted for free. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on the people buying and living in these historic landmarks.
A beacon of hope for unwanted lighthousesThere are about two hundred lighthouses for sale all around the country and, ironically, people are paying big bucks for lighthouses few wanted for free. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on the people buying and living in these historic landmarks.
American Story: Remembering those who lost the warOn the Fourth of July, we celebrate the people who won our independence. But as TODAY's Bob Dotson reports, for some, Independence Day marks a far different anniversary.
Migrant worker becomes brain surgeonTwo decades ago, Dr. Alfredo Qui�ones-Hinojosa used his hands to pick vegetables for $22-dollars a day, now he's one of the best brain surgeons in the world.
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