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Beyond the Game: This Atlanta Monument is a Tombstone For…Gravity?
This stone at Emory University is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
This episode is part of our ongoing coverage of…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Last Wild Apple Groves (Classic)
The variety of apples we enjoy today have a common ancestor that lies in the forests of Kazakhstan, where scientists are studying the wildest version…
3 months ago
Beyond the Game: Mexico City's Footwear Museum
One of Mexico’s oldest shoe stores holds a collection of more than 2,000 thousand shoes in a museum called el Museo Del Calzado. From booties worn by…
3 months ago
Weekend Road Trip: Tinkertown
It took Ross Ward more than 40 years to build Tinkertown, an indescribable array of carvings, figurines, and folk art. The project became both a sour…
3 months ago
Fairy Circles (Classic)
We head to the Namib Desert in Africa, where the landscape is dotted with mysterious, pimple-like indents known as fairy circles. Where do these thin…
3 months ago
100 Years of the LA Central Library with Susan Orlean
The LA Central Library has always been unique. It doesn’t look like a typical big city library, many people didn’t want it to be built in the first p…
3 months ago
True Treats Historic Candy
Candy scholar Susan Benjamin brings us to her research-based historic candy shop, and introduces us to some surprising sweets that have shaped Americ…
3 months ago
The Real Town Behind War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds by Orson Welles is perhaps the most famous radio play on Earth. But what’s left out of the story is where the play was set — a real…
3 months, 1 week ago
Garbage Goat (Classic)
This sculpture in Spokane, WA was created by a"welding nun" decades ago.
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3 months, 1 week ago
Weekend Road Trip: The Bob Baker Marionette Theater
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is a beloved place in Los Angeles, California. The theater almost closed down when its founder, Bob Baker, died in 2…
3 months, 1 week ago