In a state where twenty-five dollars might get you a mediocre theme park lunch or two hours of beach parking, Tampa’s Sunshine Thrift Store stands as a monument to an alternative economic reality.

That's a feeling I never experienced when looking at my old iPhone, because it was nearly identical to everyone else's iPhone as well as every other iPhone I'd ever owned.

In the heart of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, there’s a little slice of heaven where the coffee’s always fresh, the welcome is always warm, and the homemade cakes rise so high they practically scrape the ...