The Outfall finds the stories hiding inside the infrastructure most people walk past without a second thought. From a stolen toilet to a dam that changed a river forever, we've been telling these stories since 2019. Learn More.
Become a SupporterThe question sounds modern: what happens when an undersea cable breaks in the middle of nowhere? The answer begins with a listener question...
A manhole in Myrtle Beach, SC, with a cable to Argentina at the bottom of the stairs. That is only the first stop. Where the data goes next...
Mini golf. Pancake houses. Kids digging with plastic shovels. And somewhere under the sand at Myrtle Beach, a cable that started nine...
Pikes Peak has no apostrophe. Neither does Harpers Ferry. That is not sloppy typography on somebody’s map. It is a ruling, and since...
Twelvemile Creek drains more than twice the land area of the Reedy River, and on a typical day it carries close to twice the water. Same...
A room full of people in an old opera house in Maine stood up and applauded a wastewater crew. Alex Wolf Lewis watched from the audience...
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