Hey everybody, today I'm joined once again by Jonathan and Michelle, the Places Editors

for Atlas Obscura.

They are the folks who see every single submission that gets sent into Atlas.

They sort through them, they fact check them, write them up, publish them.

And so they get to see a lot of interesting places.

And they are back to share some of their recent favorites.

Hi Jonathan, hi Michelle.

Hi Dylan.

Hey Dylan.

Well, thanks for being back on the show.

Let's jump right in Jonathan.

Let's start with you.

What was the most memorable entry that you've added to the Atlas in recent weeks?

So I was really struck by a submission we got about a place called the John C. Campbell

Folk School.

It's in Brass town, North Carolina and it was founded by a woman named Olive Dame Campbell

back in 1925.

She named the school after her late husband because while he was alive, he was a huge

reponent of improving education in rural areas.

And that's essentially what this school was all about.

But it wasn't a normal school, you know, history and math and science classes.

Instead it was a school to teach local residents how to do things like woodworking, vaccinating,

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