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Homes

From Māori ancestors to Antarctic researchers, we explore stories of coming home.

Coming Home: Our Favorite Reads

Return trips, long treks, and smells that remind us of our roots.

Roxanne Hoorn January 3, 2025

Rockport, Maine

Beech Nut

A stone hut overlooking a picturesque bay once hosted picnics for the wealthy Gribbel family.

Salem, Massachusetts

Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum.

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Guomao Community

High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.

La Maison de Robespierre

One of the most notorious leaders of the French Revolution once lived here.

Green Island, Taiwan

Youzihu

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

Podcast: Reppin' MORE of our Weird Hometown Traditions

From a rubber duck contest to hypnotizing chickens.

The Podcast Team May 14, 2024

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

Podcast: Ganvie Lake Village

A deep dive into "the Venice of Africa," a waterway-filled village in Benin.

The Podcast Team March 26, 2024

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, Åland Islands

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.

Podcast: Villa de Vecchi

This abandoned Italian mansion, with its fair share of ghostly tales.

The Podcast Team August 28, 2023

Podcast: Spaces for Spies

Where real-world American espionage comes to life.

The Podcast Team July 25, 2023

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.

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.

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