The Park That Almost Never Was: Biscayne National Park
The area that is now Biscayne National Park was once considered a wasteland and worthless - but the Jones family, newly freed from slavery, saw the value it had. They purchased three islands and creat...
10 Feb 202559min
Finding Aubrey: Langtang National Park
In April of 2010, a young woman from Colorado was living her dream in Asia. At the tail end of her five month solo journey to the continent, Aubrey Sacco elected to embark on a week long trek within L...
3 Feb 20251h 2min
Trail Tales 63
Today’s stories include ghostly gossip, nature soup, weird places, cursed stories, hellos and goodbyes from beyond and proof that fed bears are dead bears. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for P...
30 Jan 202553min
NPAD Turns FOUR
It’s our birthday (or, anniversary)! Four years ago this week we released out very first episode with zero clue what we were doing. Since then we have covered over 200 stories, gained thousands of fri...
27 Jan 20252h 2min
Til’ Death Do Us Part: Glacier National Park
When Jordan and Cody met each other they quickly fell in love and tied the knot. But when Cody disappeared only eight days after their wedding, people began to suspect his new wife may have been invol...
20 Jan 20251h 9min
Trail Tales 62
Today’s stories include acts of love, stiff pants, angry neighbors camp ghosts, Gila monsters and cougars in Maine. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!For the lat...
16 Jan 20251h 2min
Lafitte’s Lost Loot: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
The Birthplace of Jazz, NOLA, The Big Easy - no matter how you know it, New Orleans is world renowned. While we visit today to toss beads and eat beignets, these streets - and swamps - were once home ...
13 Jan 20251h 8min
Murder on the Appalachian Trail
Margarett McFaddin Harritt and Joel Polson sparked an unlikely friendship that lead them to plan a thru hike on the AT in 1974. On just their second night they met a strange man at the Low Gap shelter...
6 Jan 202552min
