Podcast Episodes

Fairhaven Historic Markers

Like a lot of historic neighborhoods, the sidewalks of Fairhaven in Bellingham, WA, are studded with small plaques commemorating local history. But u…

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Elmina Castle

At one time thirty thousand Africans per year were forced through Elmina Castle in Ghana, before they were taken across the world as part of the tran…

3 years, 8 months ago

The Loneliest Post Office

Built on a tiny island in Antarctica, the “loneliest post office in the world” got its start as a top-secret British military outpost during World Wa…

3 years, 8 months ago

Parrots of Green-Wood Cemetery

These Argentinian parrots have made an unlikely home in a Brooklyn, NY cemetery. 

3 years, 8 months ago

Classic: Lynmouth Flood Memorial Hall

A disaster in a seaside town got locals wondering about government conspiracies, weather control, and if human beings could actually, truly for real,…

3 years, 8 months ago

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade isn’t linked to a holiday, religious affiliation or corporate celebration – it’s a celebration of having fun and gett…

3 years, 8 months ago

The Lost Boys of Robber’s Cave

In 1954, two groups of boys thought they were going to summer camp. But they’d been recruited for a different kind of summer experience.

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Anne Spencer’s Garden

This garden in Lynchburg, Virginia is the key to unlocking the writing and mind of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer.

3 years, 8 months ago

The Corn Palace

In Mitchell, South Dakota there stands a massive building covered in murals that are made completely from… corn! 

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3 years, 8 months ago

Classic: Beishan Broadcast Wall

On the tiny Kinmen Island, a bow-tie-shape strip of land between China and Taiwan, sits a giant weaponized wall of sound that still stands--and still…

3 years, 8 months ago