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Podcast: The Loneliest Post Office

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 6, 2022
Bedford trucks are a common sight in Pakistan, many with large wooden "crowns" atop them. The massive vehicles provide the perfect canvas for portraiture, a style unique to Pakistani truck art.
automotive history

Pakistan's Trucks Are Vibrant, Bedazzled Works of Art

The tradition of decorating any mode of transportation—from camels to ice cream carts—dates back centuries.
Zinara Rathnayake September 1, 2022
Seattle, Washington

Tai Tung

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.
royalty

The Mughal Women Who Wouldn’t Stay in the Harem

From musket-wielding empress Nur Jahan to writer Gulbadan Begum, meet the influential women of the early-modern Muslim empire.
Sarah Durn August 31, 2022
President Nixon personally approved the menu, and especially wanted ice cream.
space exploration

Eat Like an Apollo 11 Astronaut With This Celestial Dessert

Neil Armstrong, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Stewart all feasted upon Clair de Lune.
Anne Ewbank August 26, 2022
La Dame de Trévières
Trévières, France

La Dame de Trévières

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.
Linville, North Carolina

Mile High Swinging Bridge

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.
architecture

Podcast: Pigeon Towers of Iran

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 25, 2022
Communist officials from the ruling Albanian Party of Labour including Enver Hoxha, 2nd from left, wave and clap during national celebrations, 1973.
food

How Albania's Government Kneaded Secret Documents Into Dough

Records reveal half-baked methods of destruction.
Naomi Tomky August 24, 2022
"Wake Up, Daisy!" (Daisy is stage left.)
New York, New York

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.
exploration

Podcast: Discovery Hut

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 24, 2022
An illustration (1930-1945, exact date unknown) of the original Palace of Depression and its creator, George Daynor.
abandoned

How Rebuilding New Jersey's Palace of Depression Became a Family Legacy

Built from recycled materials by an eccentric con artist in the 1930s, the curious creation was demolished—and then reborn.
Michelle Harris August 23, 2022
museums

Podcast: Clown Egg Register

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 23, 2022
New York, New York

Jacques Derrida's Favorite Banana Bread

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.
tktk
science

A Caribbean ‘Cow’ Tooth Could Solve the Mystery of the Chincoteague Ponies

A surprise discovery from Haiti may finally reveal how some famous feral horses got to a distant barrier island.
Gemma Tarlach August 16, 2022
Charles Henry Turner was the first scientist to prove certain insects could remember, learn, and feel.
science

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches.
Edward D. Melillo August 15, 2022
museums

Podcast: Grace Hopper’s Bug

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 15, 2022
Homografiska Museet
Dalsland, Sweden

Homografiska Museet

This small museum explores questions of representation, diversity, and identity.