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Getting Lost with Susan Orlean

Travel writer Susan Orlean is an admitted terrible tourist. But she’s an expert at getting lost – with a purpose. Today, she takes us to some of the places that have shaped her life. And she talks about throwing out the guidebook – opening herself up to these experiences – and the art of getting lost.

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  Wild Life Week: Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear (Classic)

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  Wild Life Week: Why Would a Researcher Pull a Lion’s Tail?

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  Wild Life Week: Celery Makes A Nature Documentary

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  Wild Life Week: The Female Alphas of Yellowstone

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  Wild Life Week: Exploring Our Alien Planet with Cara Giaimo

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  Ottoman Bird Palaces (Classic)

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  The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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  Auctioning off Roadside America

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  Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: Sa Cabaneta & Provincetown

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  The Wimbledon Queue

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  Seven Keys Lodge (Classic)

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  Are Cemeteries…Dying?

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  District Six

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  Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest

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  Oh, the Places We Can’t Go

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  Tell Us Your Story: Places To Remember