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Bentonia, Mississippi

Blue Front Cafe

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Muddy Waters’ Cabin

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

Indianola, Mississippi

B.B. King’s Tour Bus

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

Mamou, Louisiana

Fred’s Lounge

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

Ville Platte, Louisiana

Swamp Pop Museum

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

Zachary, Louisiana

Teddy’s Juke Joint

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

Mandeville, Louisiana

Dew Drop Jazz and Social Hall

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

Pelham, Tennessee

The Caverns

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

Memphis, Tennessee

Overton Park Shell

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Bon Aqua, Tennessee

Johnny Cash’s “One Piece at a Time” Cadillac

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

Powell, Tennessee

Ciderville Music Store

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

The Diablada dance pits the Archangel Saint Michael, in the uniform of the Roman legions, against the servants of the devil.

Bolivia's Dance of the Devils Is a Party and a Battle Between Good and Evil

Heaven and hell, music and dance at the Carnaval de Oruro.

Matthew Taub February 28, 2022

Neseblod Records

Neseblod Records

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

View from S Lowe St

35 Places to Celebrate Black Musicians and How They Changed the World

A legacy from Robert Johnson to trap and beyond.

Jonathan Carey February 18, 2022

Lisbon, Portugal

Museu do Fado

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

Berend Botje Statue

Zuidlaren, Netherlands

Berend Botje Statue

This monument pays homage to a classic Dutch tune.

Taxidermied bears in the main hall.

Degersheim, Switzerland

Dreamfactory's World of Wonders

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

Podcast: Bell Ringing of Old North Church

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team January 31, 2022