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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Texas Painted Churches

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A series of churches in Texas that look unassuming from the outside in fact have some of the most intricately painted interiors. And for one of our listeners, these churches mean home – religiously and culturally.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone.

0:02.1

So a while ago, we put out an episode made up of stories from you guys, from all our

0:07.0

listeners.

0:08.0

It was called Close to the Edge Part Two.

0:10.9

And we asked you all to share stories of travel gone horribly wrong.

0:15.2

And you did.

0:16.2

It was incredible.

0:17.8

But among those responses, we also heard from a listener named Joanne Middick.

0:22.2

Hey, Atlas Spira, a long time listener for a time caller.

0:27.9

I love storytelling.

0:29.9

I love traveling.

0:30.9

I've been traveling for the last two decades.

0:33.4

Joanne had all of these great stories involving sandstorms and racing to the airport and traveling

0:39.6

with Structus L.A.

0:41.4

But you also mentioned another place, a place that was important to her and a kind of a quieter

0:47.2

one.

0:48.2

Actually, one of your locations in the map is the church that I was ready to grow up and

0:52.6

hand-painted church in central Texas.

0:55.0

My uncle actually painted it.

0:56.5

So if you ever want to do more on that story, I've got to end.

1:00.0

Hand-painted churches.

1:01.8

I didn't know exactly what that was, but we definitely wanted to learn more.

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