A Forest Built to Burn—But Not Like This In March 2025, brush fires once again raged through the Pine Barrens, burning hundreds of acres and […]
Category: Crazy Facts About Long Island
Bolt-Cutting Bandits Bust into Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
Just when you thought Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant’s crazy history couldn’t get any stranger, a group of bolt-cutter-wielding vandals decided to add their own chapter. […]
Huntington Village Transforms Into a Spielberg Film Set—And Parking’s the First Casualty
Huntington Village is rolling out the red carpet—well, more like rolling up the parking spots—as Steven Spielberg sets the scene for his latest sci-fi venture, […]
A Brief History of Long Island’s Historic Duck Industry
By Tyler Rieger For over a century, Long Island has been known for its duck farms, once producing millions of ducks a year. Today, only […]
Adam Fox: Long Island’s Hometown Hockey Hero Who’s Making NHL History
Long Island isn’t exactly known as a hockey hotbed, and it’s rare for a local kid to make it big in the NHL. But that’s […]
How Nikola Tesla’s Vision for Wireless Power Started—and Ended—on Long Island
In the early 1900s, amid the potato farms and quiet countryside of Long Island’s North Shore, a massive steel tower loomed over the landscape. This […]
Feathered Fortunes: Long Island’s Duck Dynasty – A Complete Saga
Long Island’s agricultural history is a remarkable tale of transformation, centered around an unexpected star: the duck. Long Island’s landscape was once a canvas of […]
Long Island’s Forgotten Witch Hunt: Unearthing Colonial-Era Controversy in East Hampton
Long before the infamous Salem witch trials sent shockwaves through colonial America, a lesser-known but equally chilling episode unfolded in East Hampton on Long Island. […]
Historic Snapshot: Henry B. Wilson on Horseback in East Hampton
Henry B. Wilson (1845–1896) is pictured on horseback in front of what is likely the James S. Satterthwaite House in East Hampton, NY. Standing on […]
Rare Photo of East Hampton Post Office
The East Hampton Library houses a fascinating collection of historic images that offer a glimpse into Long Island’s past. Among these treasures is a photo […]