Happy Small Towns

Good news doesn’t only happen in big cities. Happy Small Towns spotlights the people, businesses, and stories making a difference in small communities across the country and beyond.

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MOLLY DIXON: What Actually Happens in the Dead Centre of Australia (Gorges, Campfires, and Zero Crowds)

August 4, 2026

Molly Dixon drove 150 km west of Alice Springs into a landscape most Australians never

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MOLLY DIXON: Molly Dixon Spent 150 Days Alone in Tasmania and Says Even That Was Not Enough

August 4, 2026

Molly Dixon loaded her vehicle onto the Spirit of Tasmania, paid around $2,000 return for

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MOLLY DIXON: Molly Dixon Drove 25 Hours Alone Through the Australian Outback to Answer One Question

August 4, 2026

Molly Dixon spent 3.5 years living alone in her vehicle across Australia, driving more than

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Quantum Makers: One Man Spent a Year Building a Floating Self-Sustaining Village on a Remote Vietnamese Lake

August 4, 2026

One man spent twelve months in the rainy forests of Vietnam building a floating bamboo

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Disney: Walt Disney Built Disneyland in One Year on Borrowed Money and Sheer Belief

August 3, 2026

Walt Disney broke ground on Disneyland in 1954 with barely ten percent of the drawings

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Alex the Historian: How Walt Disney Built Disneyland With $40, a Brother's Faith, and 366 Impossible Days

August 3, 2026

Walt Disney arrived in Los Angeles in 1923 with $40 in his wallet and half

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Julien Cohen: A Stranger Asked a Musician to Play Beatles in Liverpool. Then the Whole Street Joined In.

August 3, 2026

A casual request on a Liverpool street turned into something nobody had planned: a musician

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Beast Philanthropy: The Orphaned Girl Who Just Designed a Dress for a Bollywood Star

August 3, 2026

Shal arrived in Delhi at age four with her four sisters and no parents. Two

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Hollow Coves: Hollow Coves Turned a São Paulo Arena Into a Room Full of Light With 'Blessings'

August 3, 2026

Hollow Coves brought their song 'Blessings' to São Paulo and stopped mid-performance to fill the

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Hollow Coves: Hollow Coves Performed a Full Live Set Inside Zion National Park and It Sounds Like This

August 3, 2026

Hollow Coves brought a full live acoustic set into Zion National Park, performing three original

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David Guetta: David Guetta Brings Tomorrowland 2026 to a Standstill With a 20-Year Callback No One Saw Coming

August 2, 2026

David Guetta closed out Tomorrowland 2026's MainStage with a set that stretched more than two

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Mike Posner: Mike Posner Wrote 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza' About Feeling Completely Alone After Fame

August 2, 2026

Mike Posner's 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza' was never really a party song. It

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