Hey everybody, this is Baudelaire, one of the producers of Atlas Obscura.

This episode you're about to hear, the Louis Armstrong Museum, is probably one of my favorite

episodes of Atlas Obscura so far, and I've told Manolo the producer of the episode that

a million times so much he's probably slightly annoyed with hearing me say it.

But it's true, Louis Armstrong is an absolute legend, and what a wonderful world is a timeless

classic. Everybody knows it. But Manolo brought the man and the song down to our level by going

to Louis home in Queens and giving us a deeper look at the man and what inspired him. Manolo

also included some of his own personal life in the story, which was also just beautiful. So anyway,

here it is, the Louis Armstrong Museum. Let him know what you think.

After rainy night, the skies are blue on 103rd street, Corona Queens.

When I pass Mexican bakeries, I can smell the sweet bread. On my way here,

I stop at a clubbing cafe to buy a large cup of coffee. And just a few blocks away

is that the Dominican Barbershop where I always like to get a nice haircut.

Today I lived 10 streets away from 103rd street, but this is where I was born and lived until I was six.

The house where I grew up still stands, seemed to story house,

seemed porch that I used to play on. Across the street is the same laundry mat my mom worked

at before I was born back in the late 1980s after shaking from Mexico. Back in the early 90s,

I was into power rangers and Selena. And even though I ran around the neighborhood,

I had no idea that I was growing up just four blocks from the home of a legend.

So wonderful. There's a zillion people that tune the way I did it when I felt it,

because it's so much in one of the world that brings me back to my neighborhood where I live in

Corona. And we are. I'm a little more Alice and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the

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