The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Co-host Kelly McEvers doesn’t usually return to places – she always wants to go somewhere new. But there’s one place that makes her break her own rule over and over again.

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A listener shares a wonder from his backyard, this time in the small town of Aztec, New Mexico.

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The José María Azael Franco Guerrero Cemetery in Tulcán, Ecuador is a topiary anomaly and a lush green paradise for the dead. This week, we’re celebrating the arrival of spring with classic and new stories about unusual gardens around the world. 

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Jason deCaires Taylor takes intentional art to another level with his sculptures that can be visited by humans and fish.

This week, we’re celebrating the arrival of spring with new and classic stories about unusual gardens around the world. 

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Today we visit a hidden gem of Washington, D.C.: the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, an oasis of ponds filled with lotuses and waterlilies. This unusual National Park – the only aquatic gardens that are a National Park – were first dug in the 1800s by a Civil War veteran. 

This week, we’re celebrating the arrival of spring with new and classic stories about unusual gardens around the world. 

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