Inside The Town Taken Over By Fish Hey Reader, We just released a new episode of Unique America, and this one took us to a tiny town in upstate New York that becomes a completely different place every fall. Pulaski is home to only about 2,500 people — but when the salmon start running up the river, thousands of fishermen pour into town. On the busiest weekends, the population can come close to tripling. And you notice it almost immediately. People are walking through downtown in waders. The...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Inside the Marine's Most Unique Tradition Hey Reader, Our newest episode of Unique America is live, and this is one we’ve been especially excited to share with you. We were given rare access inside Marine Barracks Washington, 8th & I, where we spent two days training alongside the Marines entrusted with representing the Marine Corps through some of its most important traditions and ceremonies. And when we say training alongside them, we mean it. We put on the uniform. We learned ceremonial...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Inside The 10,000-Year-Old Wild Blueberry Harvest Hey Reader, Our newest episode of Unique America is live, and this one completely changed the way we look at blueberries. We traveled to Downeast Maine to spend the harvest with a family that has been caring for these wild blueberry barrens for generations. And here's the part that fascinated us... they never planted the blueberries. They grow naturally there, produce a crop every other year, and when they're finally ready, the family has a...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Inside The Amish Farm Feeding Modern America Hey Reader, We spent an entire day working alongside an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania, and what we found was not what we expected. Before sunrise, we were helping pack online orders filled with beef, eggs, milk, cheese and other food from small farms throughout the area. But that left us with a question: How does an Amish farm survive in a modern world? Over the next 16 hours, we moved cattle, traveled by horse and buggy, made cheese, collected eggs...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Inside Florida's Elite Dolphin Training Center Hey Reader, This week on Unique America, we’re in the Florida Keys going behind the scenes at Dolphin Life to find out what it really takes to become a dolphin trainer. We went into the day thinking we’d be learning a few hand signals and spending a lot of time in the water. We quickly found out there is a whole lot more happening behind the scenes before a trainer ever asks a dolphin to do a trick. From the early morning prep to learning how...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Inside the World’s Largest Truck Stop Hey Reader, This week’s video takes us inside Iowa 80, the world’s largest truck stop, during one of the biggest trucker events of the year. But what we found was so much more than a massive truck stop. We went in curious about the size, the trucks, the museum, the food, and the people who come from all over the country to be there. But the deeper we got into the day, the more this story became about the men and women behind the wheel. The drivers...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Inside the Town Where Cell Phones Are Banned (Appalachia) Hey there Reader, Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies one of the strangest places in America, a region where cell phones, Wi-Fi, and even microwaves are supposedly against the law. The internet is full of wild claims about why this place exists, so we traveled there to separate fact from fiction. What we discovered was far more surprising than we expected. Thank you to our friends at Turo for making this adventure possible! Book...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Inside America's SINKING Town (Before It Disappears) Hey there Reader, There’s a tiny community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay with no bridge to the mainland, a mail boat that delivers many of life’s necessities, and water that is never far from anyone’s front door. Tangier Island has already lost much of its land. Entire communities that once stood nearby are now underwater. But despite the shoreline moving closer, the people who call Tangier home are still fighting to remain. We flew...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Inside America's Infamous Retirement Community Hey there Reader, This week, we’re taking you inside one of the most talked about places in America: The Villages, Florida. If you’ve heard of The Villages, you’ve probably heard the rumors. Golf carts everywhere. Wild stories. A retirement community that people either seem to love, judge, or completely misunderstand. So we decided to spend a day there and see what life is actually like on the other side but what surprised us most wasn’t the golf...
5 months ago • 1 min read