In Americana, we delve into the secret nooks and crannies of this great land and serve you up all the tender morsels we find inside. Investigative journalism home-cooking style.
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It's Like Vietnam All Over Again
Over the last 50 years war reenactment has gone from something guys at the Elks Club did on the weekend to get away from their wives to a full-blown obsession among history buffs with enough free time…
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Big Sandy
Thomas Morton gets a lesson in heavy artillery at the Big Sandy Shoot, where gun enthusiasts gather in Arizona's western desert to test their rifles, canons, and machine guns.
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Bares, Broncs and Bulls
We just got back from hanging out with a bunch of Navajo cowboy folks from Triple B Association.
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Bares, Broncs, and Bulls - Trailer
Competing in rodeos, hanging on the rez, and trying to make ends meet in some of the most impoverished parts of the country.
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The Muscle Shoals Sound
VICE recently travelled to the internationally acclaimed recording town of Muscle Shoals, AL.
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The Muscle Shoals Sound: Trailer
Recently VICE travelled to Muscle Shoals, AL, the birth place of R&B and home to some of the most celebrated recording studios in the history of American music.
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The Oregon Fire Lines
We’re tagging along with wildland firefighters as they set up a controlled burn.
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The Oregon Fire Lines Teaser
Whenever someone at our office bitches about being overworked, our stock response is “Beats digging ditches.” While the express intention of the statement is usually not-so-supportiv…
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The Indy Mile
Open-throttled motorcycling lunatics tackle an oval Indianapolis racetrack at 100-plus miles-per-hour.
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Red Bull Rookies Cup - Ride Fast. Live Young.
VICE meets Sturla Fagerhaug, Jacob Gagne, Hayden Gillim, and Benny Solis, a pack of teenage motorcycle racers competing for the coveted Rookies Cup.
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Norm's Militia Scrapbook
The founders of the Michigan Militia try to get things going again in the wilds of Nikiski, Alaska.
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Slab City
Welcome to Slab City, a desolate stretch of desert in Southern California known to its inhabitants as The Last Free Place in America.
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2nd Revolutionary War
VICE parses the rising tide of paranoid militia membership to gauge if the New World Order is past its sell-by date or arriving right on schedule.
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The Quest for Moonshine
Hunting for moonshine in South Carolina with the Black Lips.
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Frontsight
Tactical firearms training in the middle of the Nevada desert.
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In the Chutes with PBR
Professional bull-riding is the most intense and most intensely American sport we've ever been blown away by.
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Soapbox Derby
Chris Nieratko gets friendly with the competitors.
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The Firing Line
In this edition of Americana we take a little field trip out of the city to Pearl River, New York, home of our favorite shooting range/gun shop.
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Voguing
The world of underground drag queen voguing battles.
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The Taxidermist
Amy Ritchie is a hunter, a piano prodigy, and a nationally recognized champion taxidermist
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis 
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator 
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit 
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan 
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies 
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People 
