In the heart of Nashville . . .

"Music is to the soul what words are to the mind." 6/2/18 By day, Kevin Martin runs on coffee and the promise of 5 p.m. But by night, it's bright lights, shiny boots and steel guitars. Together with his friend, Brendan Malone, they makeup "The Cowpokes," a two-step band playing 1950s country-western tunes wherever and whenever they can. On Tuesdays, they play the American Legion Post 82, a community center turned cinder block honky tonk where the floor (and the bar) stays packed. Norway's Modern-Day Vikings If you thought Vikings were a thing of the past, you haven't been to Trondheim, Norway. The town still lives like their ancient ancestors before them, all lead by Chief Viking Ingrid Galadriel Aune Nilsen.  Flying Off Mountains With a Ski-Base Jumper Matthias Giraud, aka, "Super Frenchie" is an extreme athlete known for combining two of the most dangerous action sports in the world—big mountain skiing and BASE jumping.  Kenya's Eastern Bongos Are Dwindling in the Wild This chestnut-and-white-striped antelope is an eastern bongo. Fairly large in size, eastern bongos can weigh between 500 and 900 pounds with horns as long as 40 inches in length.  Living in the Netherlands' Futuristic Homes Located about an hour outside Amsterdam is a village of spherical homes straight out of your futuristic fantasies. Copyright © 2018 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list