Atlas Obscura Highlights: The Macabre and Morbid

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 18, 2018

Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura's senior editor and co-author of Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Workman Publishing Company, 2016), joins us each day during the pledge drive to talk about some of her favorite hidden gems from the Atlas Obscura trove. Today: the macabre and morbid. 

Today's picks

Far: Antarctica’s Blood Falls 

Near: Brooklyn’s Most Holy Trinity Cemetery   

 

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