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We’re Cole and Emily Crews, the husband/wife duo behind Unique America, where we travel the country in search of its most unique experiences. Through cinematic storytelling, we turn each place into a story worth remembering.
Is This The Most Scenic Train in America? Happy Monday Reader! A few days ago, we boarded a train in Chicago with a simple question: Is the California Zephyr really the most scenic train ride in America? So we rode it all the way across the country. For the next 52 hours, the train carried us from the Midwest to California — farmland turning into mountains, mountains into desert, and landscapes changing faster than we could take them in. It’s one of the things we love most about this country:...
48 Hours on America’s Newest Sleeper Train Route We just spent two days living on Amtrak’s newest long-distance sleeper train — traveling from Miami to Chicago with one very specific mission in mind. On paper, it was a simple idea: test the comfort, the reliability, the value. Decide whether this route deserves to stick around. But somewhere between tiny train showers, shared meals with strangers, and snowy platform sprints… the trip became something else entirely. It became about connection....
Inside America's Most Isolated Swamp Town Happy Saturday Reader! We just stepped foot in a place that honestly felt like it shouldn’t exist. A tiny town… sitting on an island built entirely out of shell… surrounded by swamp in every direction. No highways.No crowds.Just history, silence, and a man who has lived there his entire life and knows stories you’d never believe if you heard them out of context. While we were filming, there were moments where it felt peaceful… and other moments where...