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Green Island, Taiwan

Youzihu

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.
chickens

Podcast: Reppin' MORE of our Weird Hometown Traditions

From a rubber duck contest to hypnotizing chickens.
The Podcast Team May 14, 2024
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Podcast: Reppin' Our Weird Hometown Traditions

Does the place you grew up have any unique traditions? We would love to hear from you.
The Podcast Team April 15, 2024
lakes

Podcast: Ganvie Lake Village

A deep dive into "the Venice of Africa," a waterway-filled village in Benin.
The Podcast Team March 26, 2024
beaches

Podcast: Hints of Home

Listeners share places that instantly made them feel at home, from Parisian streets to an ancient Egyptian temple.
The Podcast Team February 27, 2024
Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home

The childhood home of America’s first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Enklinge, Finland

Hermas Homestead Museum

This archipelago homestead-turned-museum has remained the same since its last resident, born in 1897, died in 1973.
A stone tower with brown pointed roof surveys a mountainous valley
Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Schloss Vaduz

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.
murder

Podcast: Villa de Vecchi

This abandoned Italian mansion, with its fair share of ghostly tales.
The Podcast Team August 28, 2023
libraries

Podcast: Spaces for Spies

Where real-world American espionage comes to life.
The Podcast Team July 25, 2023
nostalgia

Podcast: Secret Places With Ashley Ray

A love letter to an unloved Midwestern town.
The Podcast Team June 21, 2023
The haunting by the entity known as the Bell Witch has resonated across centuries of American history.
haunted

The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch

A classic ghost story has something to say about America—200 years ago, 100 years ago, and today.
Colin Dickey May 2, 2023
A sculpture of the Dover Demon, a cryptid supposedly seen in Massachusetts in the 1970s, on display at the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
cryptozoology

Take a Podcast Tour of Some of the World's Most Unusual Museums

Visiting some of our favorite very specific collections from the last two years.
April White April 5, 2023
Alatskivi Castle
Alatskivi, Estonia

Alatskivi Castle

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.
architecture

Podcast: The A. Everett Austin Facade House

How does such a grand mansion only have one room?
The Podcast Team March 2, 2023
Albert Glatz Tobacco Shop
Lititz, Pennsylvania

Albert Glatz Tobacco Shop

This restored 18th-century house was once the home of Lititz's first tobacconist.
Grandma Moses Homestead
Eagle Bridge, New York

Grandma Moses Homestead

The farm where one of America's most famous folk artists created her paintings.
The newly repainted house
Hibbing, Minnesota

Bob Dylan's Childhood Home

Where one of America's greatest songwriters lived before he was Bob Dylan.