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The Adventure begins when you reach into your pocket. Each U.S. Mint Commemorative Quarter design tells a unique story. Each quarter is filled with pride, from hometown heroes to iconic landmarks; wildlife and nature to music and culture. Reach into your pocket and let Quarter Miles Travel take it from there, we’ll turn that quarter into an adventure.

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Episode 55: Togo The Alaskan Sled Dog
5d ago
Togo – The Alaskan Sled Dog “The Dog They Left Out of the Story” The Story of Togo In January of 1925, in the dead of an Alaskan winter, a twelve-year-old dog ran across frozen sea ice in the dark, in a blizzard, to save a town full of children he would never meet. History gave the credit to someone else. This is Quarter Miles Travel. I’m Annita. Today, we’re setting the record straight on Togo. Before there was Togo, there was Constance. She was a young Belgian woman who’d come to Nome in 1905, drawn north during Alaska’s gold rush years like so many others. She met Leonhard Seppala at the ra
Following Togo’s Trail: A Travel Guide to the 1925 Serum Run
5d ago
Following Togo’s Trail: A Travel Guide to the 1925 Serum Run Nome, the Diphtheria Outbreak, the Iditarod, and Where to Find Togo Today Every hero has a version of the story the world remembers, and a version that’s actually true. For Togo, the twelve-year-old sled dog who led his team across the most dangerous 260 miles of the 1925 race to save the children of Nome, Alaska, those two versions couldn’t be further apart. On a recent episode of Quarter Miles Travel, “The Dog They Left Out of the Story,” we traced Togo’s journey from a sickly, unwanted puppy to the true hero of the Great Race of M
Destination: Story of Alexander Hamilton and Nevis
19d ago · 40:50
Destination: Story of Alexander Hamilton and Nevis Ever wonder how travel expert Anita Thomas chooses her next destination? Well, this year she’s just flipping a coin. For eight years, Anita has been hosting her award-winning podcast, Quarter Miles Travel. And this year on Travel with Anita, she is sharing those experiences with you. This season, Anita will take you to the states commemorated on the back of a quarter, revealing hidden hotspots and don’t-miss destinations that you might not have heard about, possibly in your hometown state. The adventure begins as he reaches into her pocket. He
Destination: Four Georgians Who Shaped America
19d ago · 40:03
Destination: Four Georgians Who Shaped America Hello, hello, hello, and welcome aboard Travel with Anita and Friends. Now, Georgia has always produced more than its share of remarkable people, men and women whose ideas, courage, and craftsmanship reach far beyond our state lines and help shape the story of our entire country. We’re going to meet four of them: an industrialist who built a town from the ground up, a woman who started a movement that still shapes girls’ lives today, and a master bridge builder who connected two states with his own hands, and a woman who broke barriers as a teache
Episode 54: Horace King – The Prince of Bridge Builders
28d ago
Episode 54 Horace King – The Prince of Bridge Builders “The Man Who Built the South’s Bridges” The Story of Horace King [SOUND: River current, low ambient water sound. A single hammer strike on wood, echoing. Then silence.] ANNITA (V.O.) Somewhere along the Chattahoochee River, there’s a bridge that isn’t there anymore. Most of them aren’t. Floods took some. War took others. Time took the rest. But the man who built them? History almost took him too. [SOUND: River fades under.] This is Quarter Miles Travel. I’m Annita. And today, we’re going looking for Horace King. [SOUND: Soft acoustic guita
Episode 53: Susie King Taylor – From Slavery to Civil War to Her Own School
1mo ago · 1:12:08
Episode 53: Susie King Taylor – From Slavery to Civil War to Her Own School The Story She Wrote Herself Quarter Miles Travel shares a powerful story – Susie King Taylor – From Slavery to Civil War to her own school. Born into slavery in Liberty County, Georgia, in 1848, Susie King Taylor taught herself to read in secret, at a time when it was illegal for an enslaved child to do so. After escaping to freedom in 1862, she became the first Black woman to teach openly in a school for African American children in Georgia — and then served through the Civil War as a nurse and laundress with the 33rd
Episode 52: Joe and The Alamo – Little Known Stories
1mo ago · 17:06
Joe and The Alamo – Little Known Stories The Last Man Standing Joe the Battle of The Alamo, and the testimony that became history There were many stories on the wagon trail. To understand what Joe did, you first have to understand what he wasn’t supposed to do at all. He wasn’t a soldier. Nobody swore him in. Nobody handed him a rank. He was, in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of the man who owned him, property, a twenty-year-old enslaved man named Joe, body servant to a twenty-six-year-old lieutenant colonel named William Barret Travis. Joe pressed his master’s clothes. Saddled his horse.
American Cowboys: The Real Story
1mo ago · 40:50
American Cowboys: The Real Story SEGMENT ONE: THE AMERICAN COWBOY Hello, hello and welcome aboard Travel with Annita. I am so glad you’re riding with me today — because today we are going somewhere I have wanted to take you for a long time. We are going West. Not just geographically west, but historically west. We are going to the heart of one of the most powerful, most misunderstood, and most genuinely American stories ever told. We are talking about the American cowboy. Now, when I say “cowboy,” I want you to set aside for a moment everything Hollywood ever showed you. Set aside John Wayne.
Episode 49: American Revolution Patriots In The Shadows
1mo ago · 25:41
American Revolution Patriots In The Shadows Photo courtesy of U.S. Mint July 10th, 1777. Middle of the night. A small rowboat slips through British-controlled waters off the coast of Rhode Island. Forty men are packed into a handful of boats, oars wrapped in cloth to muffle the sound. Their target: a British general, asleep in a farmhouse a mile inland from his own troops. They land. They creep to the door. And when it doesn’t open fast enough, a man named Jack Sisson puts his own head down and rams it through. No shots fired. No alarm raised. British General Richard Prescott is dragged out of
Destination: America 250 What are we celebrating
2mo ago · 40:50
Destination: America 250 What are we celebrating America’s 250th: Three Events, One Story Three Dates, One Nation, and Why the Difference Matters Welcome to Travel with Annita. I’m so glad you’re here with me today, because we’re starting something a little different, a deep look at America’s 250th anniversary, what we’re actually celebrating, and why getting the story right matters more than you might think. Here’s where this segment came from. Over the past while, I’ve had listeners ask me, more than once, and I mean that with real warmth and no judgment at all, whether the Revolutionary War
Episode 48: Juliette Gordon Low – The Girl Scouts
2mo ago · 12:23
Photo courtesy – U.S. Mint Episode 48: Juliette Gordon Low – The Girl Scouts Juliette Gordon Low & the Girl Scouts From 18 Girls in Savannah to a Global Movement Hello, hello, hello—and welcome to another journey through history. Today we’re traveling to Savannah, a beautiful Southern city known for its moss-draped oak trees, historic squares, and charming architecture. But Savannah is also the birthplace of a movement that changed the lives of millions of girls around the world. The story begins with a determined woman named Juliette Gordon Low—known affectionately to friends and family as “D
Episode 47: Ona Judge – The Courage of Freedom
2mo ago · 36:50
Ona Judge was a woman of courage. She stood strong for her freedom from the most prestigious American family - George and Martha Washington. She escaped and remained free.
Episode 46: The Liberty Tree Yesterday and Today
3mo ago · 1:13:29
The Liberty Tree Yesterday and Today Long before America became a nation… before there was a Declaration of Independence… before there were fireworks, parades, or even the United States itself… there was a tree. There was The Liberty Tree. Its branches stretched over the streets of Boston like open arms gathering together ordinary people with extraordinary courage. Beneath that tree, colonists whispered dangerous ideas. They gathered in fear, in frustration, and eventually in hope. Hope that freedom could belong not only to kings and wealthy men, but to common people willing to stand together
Episode 45: African Americans and The First Memorial Day Celebration
3mo ago · 17:04
African Americans and The First Memorial Day Celebration Memorial Day, the USCT, and the Black Americans Who Remembered First Do you know the story of African Americans and The First Memorial Day Celebration. There are some graves America remembers with marble, flags, and ceremony.And then there are others. Graves that began as trenches. Bodies placed quickly into the earth. Names unspoken. Families never notified. No proper prayer. No final honor. No mother, wife, child, or loved one standing close enough to say goodbye. For many Black soldiers who served in the Civil War, death did not alway
Episode 44: Yellowstone National Park Bison and Wolves
4mo ago · 1:24:39
Episode 44: Yellowstone National Park Bison and Wolves 2010 America The Beautiful Quarters Coin Yellowstone Wyoming Uncirculated Reverse “Reach into your pocket… pull out a quarter… and let it take you somewhere unexpected.” Today… that quarter takes us to a place where the earth still breathes. Where steam rises from the ground…as if the land itself is telling a story. Where rivers carve through valleys unchanged by time…and where wildlife moves not for us…but as it always has. This is Yellowstone. A place that doesn’t ask to be understood—only respected. A place where you don’t just visit…Yo
Episode 43: Florida State Quarter – Three Woman Change Space Exploration
4mo ago · 17:40
Episode 43: Florida State Quarter Three Woman Change Space Exploration Photo courtesy U.S. Mint – Florida State Quarters Coin Florida State Quarter US Mint release in 2004 features stories and history. Let’s start with- “Space… the last frontier.” A place that has always called to us—quietly, persistently—asking us to look up and wonder what lies beyond. It is the great unknown… vast, silent, and infinite. And yet, it feels deeply personal. Because space isn’t just about distance or discovery— it’s about possibility. It’s about curiosity. It’s about the human desire to go further than we’ve ev
Episode 42: Cumberland Island Salt Marshes and African American History
5mo ago · 19:33
Photo: U.S. Mint Episode 42: Cumberland Island Salt Marshes and African American History Cumberland Island, located about 15 miles southeast of Kingsland, is the largest public barrier island off the coast of Georgia. And, Cumberland Island Salt Marshes and African American History is where located throughout the island. Accessible only by ferry, the Cumberland Island National Seashore (the name given to the area after being acquired by the National Parks Service in 1972). Many groups have occupied the island over its 4000-year history, from the Timucoan tribe that first inhabited the island t
Episode 41: Harriet Tubman Woman of Courage
5mo ago · 43:07
Harriet Tubman Woman of Courage Harriet Tubman: Conductor, Soldier, Humanitarian A Life of Freedom, Courage, and Purpose Photo: U.S. Mint Harriet Tubman Woman of Courage – Today, we journey through one of the most powerful stories in American history, a story of courage, determination, and an unshakable belief in freedom. It’s the story of Harriet Tubman. A woman born into slavery… who would go on to lead others to freedom, serve her country in war, and spend her life caring for those in need. Her story so often is centered around her work on the Underground Railroad. While this courageous com
Episode 40: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
5mo ago · 12:37
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Quarter Miles Travel – where the adventure begins when you reach into your pocket. Today, we’re not just traveling across miles… we’re traveling across time. Back to World War II. A time when the world was at war… and millions of American soldiers were stationed far from home. Letters — simple letters — became lifelines. Messages from mothers, fathers, wives, sweethearts, children. Words of love, hope, and connection. And letters from soldiers back to their families. But here’s the problem…Those letters weren’t getting through. Yet, called to creat
Episode 39: Althea Gibson American Women’s Quarter Series
5mo ago · 58:45
Photo: U.S. Mint Althea Gibson American Women’s Quarter Series The adventure begins when you reach into your pocket. Today, we’re stepping onto the court — not just any court — but one that changed the game forever. And at the center of it all is a woman who didn’t just break barriers… she shattered them. Her name is Althea Gibson. Now, before Serena, before Venus, before the world ever imagined what dominance in tennis could look like from a Black woman — there was Althea. Tall, powerful, and determined, she stepped into a sport that, at the time, didn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat. We’r
Episode 38: Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series
5mo ago · 1:04:18
Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series Photo: U.S. Mint There are times when you’re holding more than just a quarter … you’re holding a legacy. You’re holding a coin from Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series – you’re holding a legacy. A legacy carried by a phenomenal woman. Eleanor Roosevelt wasn’t just a First Lady — she redefined what that role could be. At a time when women were expected to stand quietly in the background, Eleanor stepped forward… and spoke up. She traveled across the country during the Great Depression, listening to everyday Americans, women, work
Episode 37: Jovita Idar U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series
5mo ago · 34:25
Jovita Idar U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series Photo: U.S. Mint Jovita Idar U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series is unique and representative of her life’s work. Some women don’t just speak up… they stand firm when it matters most. Jovita Idar was one of those women. A journalist, teacher, and activist, she used her voice to fight for the rights of Mexican Americans at a time when injustice was often ignored. When Texas Rangers tried to shut down her newspaper, Jovita didn’t step aside — she stood in the doorway and refused to let them in. Now that’s courage. She believed in education, equality, and
Episode 36 – Joanne Bland Spirit of Courage
5mo ago · 1:06:12
Joanne Bland Spirit of Courage Who is Joanne Bland Spirit of Courage. There are places in America where the ground remembers. Where every step carries an echo. Where every bridge holds a story. The Alabama quarter bears the words, Spirit of Courage. Not as decoration, but as truth. Because courage lived here. It walked these streets in worn shoes and steady faith. It stood in the face of anger with quiet resolve. It belonged to women—young and determined—who believed that their footsteps could carry a nation forward. In Selma, courage was not loud. It was the heartbeat of a young girl named Jo
Destination: Switzerland – A closer look
8mo ago · 40:50
Destination: Switzerland A Closer Look Hello, hello, hello and welcome aboard travel with annita & friends. Glad to have you here with me today for a show to take a look at our expectations when we travel and how we find countries we visit are not so different from what we experience at home. When we travel, we often imagine we’re slipping out the side door of our own country’s troubles—leaving behind the social tensions, the political noise, the racial debates that feel stitched into our daily lives here in the U.S. We like to think that stepping onto foreign soil means stepping into a differ
Destination: Let’s Go To Bern, Switzerland
8mo ago · 40:51
Destination: Let’s Go To Bern, Switzerland Come along to hear all about Switzerland historic and beautiful city of Bern. From cobblestone streets with fascinating history to Jazz music and delicious food, this show shares it all.

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Episode 45: African Americans and The First Memorial Day Celebration

Episode 44: Yellowstone National Park Bison and Wolves

Episode 43: Florida State Quarter – Three Woman Change Space Exploration

Episode 42: Cumberland Island Salt Marshes and African American History

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Episode 40: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

Episode 39: Althea Gibson American Women’s Quarter Series

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Episodes 66

Episode 55: Togo The Alaskan Sled Dog

Following Togo’s Trail: A Travel Guide to the 1925 Serum Run

Destination: Story of Alexander Hamilton and Nevis

Destination: Four Georgians Who Shaped America

Episode 54: Horace King – The Prince of Bridge Builders

Episode 53: Susie King Taylor – From Slavery to Civil War to Her Own School

Episode 52: Joe and The Alamo – Little Known Stories

American Cowboys: The Real Story

Episode 49: American Revolution Patriots In The Shadows

Destination: America 250 What are we celebrating

Episode 48: Juliette Gordon Low – The Girl Scouts

Episode 47: Ona Judge – The Courage of Freedom

Episode 46: The Liberty Tree Yesterday and Today

Episode 45: African Americans and The First Memorial Day Celebration

Episode 44: Yellowstone National Park Bison and Wolves

Episode 43: Florida State Quarter – Three Woman Change Space Exploration

Episode 42: Cumberland Island Salt Marshes and African American History

Episode 41: Harriet Tubman Woman of Courage

Episode 40: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

Episode 39: Althea Gibson American Women’s Quarter Series

Episode 38: Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series

Episode 37: Jovita Idar U.S. Mint Women’s Quarter Series

Episode 36 – Joanne Bland Spirit of Courage

Destination: Switzerland – A closer look

Destination: Let’s Go To Bern, Switzerland