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The Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki has been home to an infestation of Chilean recluse spiders for more than 50 years.
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
Local Legends Corner with Colin Dickey: LaLaurie Mansion
There’s a mansion in New Orleans with a truly horrific past. Author Colin Dickey, who has joined us every Thursday this month, reveals the real life …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How Buffalo Changed City Parks Forever
When the city of Buffalo, New York invited landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to town in the late 1860s, they were hoping he’d replicate the s…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Your Stories of Traveling with Kids
From long flights to strenuous trips, listeners share stories about traveling with their kids for the first time.
Plus, we want to hear stories about…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Moynaq (Classic)
A city in Uzbekistan used to be the site of one of the world’s largest seas. Now it’s a dusty reminder of one of the largest and most forgotten envir…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Gregynog Hall (Classic)
We go to the former estate of the Davies sisters, two unusually wealthy Welsh women who traveled the world, fell in love with art, served their count…
5 months ago
The Wishing Tree (Classic))
There’s a special tree in Portland that’s full of a city’s hopes, dreams, and wishes.
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5 months ago
Local Legends Corner with Colin Dickey: Moundsville
The West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia was once a home to thousands of prisoners. Today, it’s a tourist attraction. But its pas…
5 months ago
The Glass Flowers
Over the course of 50 years, a father and son team made exquisite glass botanical models that would transform our understanding of the natural world.…
5 months ago
Pinball Hall of Fame
Maybe you associate Las Vegas with slot machines more than with pinball machines. But what you might not know is that pinball, today found in every f…
5 months ago