Podcast Episodes

Medfield State Hospital

This abandoned hospital outside Boston, Massachusetts was originally conceived as a place to help people with mental health issues. But it wound up doing a lot of harm.

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Published on 3 years ago

Library of Congress Hair Collection

This collection, preserved by the United States Library of Congress, features locks of hair from cultural icons from Ludwig van Beethoven to General Ulysses Grant. 

Published on 3 years ago

Buckley's Cave

One of Australia’s greatest stories of escape and survival centers around this rock formation in Point Lonsdale. 

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Published on 3 years ago

How To Put Your Town on the Map

How To! Host Amanda Ripley goes in search of the answer to the question “how to set up a roadside attraction that will bring visitors to your town” with expert Erika Nelson - the founder of the World…

Published on 3 years ago

Tina Turner Museum

The Flagg Grove School in Brownsville, Tennessee has become a museum dedicated to its most famous student.

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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Fluorescent Rocks of Sterling Hill Mine

The Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey is the site of a geological marvel that can’t be found anywhere else in the world.

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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Bread and Puppet Museum and Theater

This radical puppet collective has shaped the small New England town of Glover, Vermont for decades. This “Small Town, Big Story” episode is produced in partnership with GoUSA TV.

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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Moon Trees

These trees sprang from seeds that were brought to outer space.  

Moon Tree Website: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html

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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Atlas Obscura Presents The Sporkful - A New Jersey Whiskey Mystery Pt. 2

The Sporkful team dives deeper into the history of the unknown whiskey bottle and the lives of those it touched. 

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Atlas Obscura Presents The Sporkful - A New Jersey Whiskey Mystery Pt. 1

Dan Pashman and the Sporkful team attempt to unravel the history of a bottle of whiskey found at an estate sale when the brand seems to not exist. 

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago