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Turkey, Texas
Bob Wills Museum
A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.
Manassas, Virginia
Manassas Station
This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.
Medford, Massachusetts
Site of 'Jingle Bells' Composition
The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.
Kilgore, Texas
Texas Broadcast Museum
A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.
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12 Bars and Restaurants With Music on the Menu
Hear jazz in a Chinese restaurant and a pipe organ in a pizzeria.
Heysham, England
The Stone Graves Of Heysham
These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.
music
118 Years Later, Japan's Earliest Sound Recordings Still Resonate
Sessions in a Tokyo hotel room with a sound engineering pioneer captured a nation in transition.
sailors
This Connecticut Inn Has Hosted Sea Chantey Singalongs for Half a Century
Landlubbers are very welcome.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Hotel Buckminster
This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.
lost wonders
Meet the Man Recreating Ancient Musical Instruments Lost to Time
Tharun Sekar's creations include the yazh, a harp-like instrument played in India 2,000 years ago.
Liverpool, England
Eleanor Rigby's Grave
What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?
music
Podcast: Kulning
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange stories.
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Flagstaff, Arizona
The Museum Club
This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.
Mineral de Pozos, Mexico
Casa del Venado Azul
A bed and breakfast, botanical garden, art gallery, academy, and workshop all in one.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fendika Azmari Bet
This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.
Brighton, England
'Twins'
These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.
Parma, Italy
Tomb of NiccolĂ² Paganini
The final resting place of the famous violinist, after his corpse was denied a proper Catholic burial for decades.
Berlin, Germany
Silent Green Kulturquartier
Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.
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