An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.
The Lighthouse Keeper
March 12, 2024
00:15:55
15.28 MB
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We go to Fayerweather Island, off the coast of Connecticut, and get the story of Kate Moore, one of the first recorded women lighthouse keepers. Over several decades, she poured her heart and soul into a task and defied common expectations of what a keeper should be.