LOOK (IF YOU DARE) AT A FEW OF MIKE’S MOST CREEPY PICKS!
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Every once in a while, the Antique Archaeology Team unloads some picks that don’t look anything like motorcycles or metal signs off the Picker van. We’re talking creepy picks. Sometimes Mike’s taste tilt towards the …
THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAN THE OUTDOORS
Get Outside! June is National Great Outdoors Month Few things are as American as the State and National parks that represent our natural heritage, and June is a whole month dedicated to exploring them! What started …
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NASHVILLE FASHION ALLIANCE: BUILDING A BRIDGE TO BRING JOBS HOME
Nashville Fashion Alliance It Starts in Nashville But Means So Much More Everyone who lives in one of America’s small towns or spends time visiting them is aware of the way they have been impacted …
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NOT MY CIRCUS, NOT MY MONKEYS
The “Pics” You Can’t Resist Circus Monkey Art Who doesn’t love to monkey around? In all seriousness, though, you can’t be an American History buff and overlook the importance that early US circuses and carnivals had …
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THE VALUE OF AMERICA’S JUNK
One the best things about traveling two lanes, picking through piles of dust and rust, is the pe...
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FOR THE LOVE OF PEDDLING
For the Love of Peddling National Bike Month It’s not just motorcycles but all two wheel travel we love, and we’re not the only ones! May is official National Bike Month! Established by the League of …
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WHERE IS IT NOW: MASONIC CHAIR
Antique Masonic Chair – Where Is It? Both of my Antique Archaeology shops, in Leclaire, Iowa & in Nashville, still get tons of emails asking about the Masonic Chair sold to JesseLee a few seasons ago American Pickers. …
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MAKE A MEMORY JUG
What is a Memory Jug? Memory jugs are 19th-20th century artifacts that were commonly made to commemorate someone’s life, a memento mori of sorts, that could be used to mark a loved one’s grave. They …
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160 YEARS OF TRADITIONAL WOODEN OAR AND PADDLE MAKING: SHAW & TENNEY
Small team of craftsman in Orono, Maine continue to make heirloom products trusted by the US Coast Guard, Carnival Cruises and canoers alike The year is 1858. Minnesota has just been …
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MOTOTINTYPE: DOCUMENTING BIKER CULTURE IN AMERICA
Paul d’Orléans and Susan McLaughlin travel on Two Lanes, using a Sprinter van as a mobile darkroom, as they capture wet plate-style photos of motorcycles and their owners. Wet plate photography is an art that’s as old as the state …
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DECADES PRESERVED IN PRINT OUT OF FORGOTTEN BOXES
Small town gallery transforming film into fully developed local history at W7thCo Gallery, Columbia TN For the first time in eight decades, Lee Burt, 87, is seeing photos, long thought to be lost, taken by her husband …
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JACOB WITZLING: HAND-MADE HOMES
These hand-built Washington cabins are livable sculptures made of moss and salvaged materials Pacific coast mornings are second to none. Sunbeams pierce the canopies of towering fir and hemlock just as that famous fog rolls down the mountains swallowing everything …
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WALLDOGS — THE ARTISTS BEHIND GHOST SIGNS
The comeback of nostalgic advertising in small town USA Have you ever caught yourself trying to decipher a ghost sign? You know — those extra large, faded advertisements for brands like Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco and Coca-Cola you …
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LINDSEY ROSS: DOCUMENTING MINE REMAINS USING CIVIL WAR-ERA METHOD
Twelve hundred feet up on the side of a mountain in Telluride, Colorado, hail has begun to fall on the head of photographer Lindsey Ross. She retreats as fast as her heavy oil-stained overalls will allow, back to her Ford pickup …
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REBECCA CORREIA: WRITING IN THE WOODS
New Englander moves into a music legend’s hunting cabin where she unlocks inspiration to pen her best songs. Take Hillsboro Road out of Nashville and it will lead you south to Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, a town …
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FAMILY OWNED SOUTHERN SALVAGE
If you’re traveling down South, just before you hit Birmingham, is the small town of Cullman, Alabama. It’s clear by the gigantic billboards advertising alongside the interstate that Southern Accents Architectural Antiques is quite an attraction that …
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GOIN’ DUTCH
Ever wanted to know all the details and then some about Mike’s Holy Grail of Picks, the Von Dutch XAVW? Read the article below, originally published in Volksworld, 2013. — Goin’ Dutch by Chadly Johnson A VW-powered …
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RUTHIE LINDSEY: BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS
Ruthie Lindsey- Beauty in Brokenness In her senior year of high school, St. Francisville, La. native Ruthie Lindsey pulled out in front of an ambulance which hit her driver side at 65 miles-per-hour. She suffered …
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MUSIC TRIANGLE: AMERICAN WAY
American Pickers Star Mike Wolfe Explains How Soothing Sights, Sounds and Smells of the Deep South Can Save Your Soul There’s a road — though in some places not much of one — that carves out …
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ENDANGERED HISTORY: THE NASHVILLE NINE LIST 2015
Meeting in historic Marathon Village, Mike gathered with local nonprofit Historic Nashville Inc. to announce their yearly Nashville Nine list, alongside local politicians, media, and preservation enthusiasts. The Nashville Nine list is the nonprofit’s yearly list …
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