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 6.

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 4 blocks from the home of a legend.

I'm in a little Morales, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange

incredible and wondrous places.

Today, we're visiting the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona Queens.

We'll go inside and hear more from the legend himself.

More after this.

This song needs no introduction.

Louis Armstrong's voice is truly unique.

When he sings, he knows he's smiling, and his energy is contagious.

I've read his autobiography, Satchmo, and his life is pretty incredible.

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