Rico Gagliano, host of the MUBI podcast, takes listeners to The Westgate Movie Theater in Minneapolis for a story about... more

Sigmund Freud’s famous psychoanalytic couch is preserved in his final office in London, England. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/freud-museum-london

Host Dylan Thuras leads listeners on a journey that leads to the preserved middle finger of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist... more

This building in Tangier was one of the first pieces of land owned by the United States Government outside of... more

This Ecuadorian cave has captured the attention of government officials, scientists, and professional cavers and is home to a... more

Rae Wynn-Grant, Ph.D. is a wildlife ecologist specializing in large carnivores. And in this episode she unfolds a mystery for... more

Empress Anna’s Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the site of an incredibly strange wedding. Was it a cruel... more

Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectables in York, Nebraska is a pilgrimage of sorts for serious collectors and a curiosity for... more

This intricately carved church in Luster is one of Norway’s great treasures of architecture. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/urnes-stave-church

The Luray Caverns in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are home to an instrument that draws out the secret... more

The José María Azael Franco Guerrero Cemetery in Tulcán, Ecuador is a topiary anomaly and a lush green paradise for... more

This abandoned lodge in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been reclaimed by local lions - a story deeply enmeshed... more

Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring you stories of how sometimes giant monuments built for... more

This internationally recognized jazz lounge has been running for more than a century. Its guests have included Frank Sinatra, Charlie... more

Host Dylan Thuras visits a Staten Island mansion with a dubious and vitriolic past, only to learn the site’s curse... more

Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee take us on a walking tour of Berkeley, CA, where they share their community's legacy... more

This railway was built for one purpose and one purpose only: to keep the London’s mail coming on time. READ... more

Drawbridge operators in Chicago, IL used to live at these specific homes nestled at the base of their bridges.

Venture into the mind of Sky Hopinka, member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. He... more

We visit Vanuatu in the South Pacific and go underwater to visit a very strange place from a very strange... more

The history of medical clowning extends back to Ancient Greece and the time of Hippocrates and is taught in workshops... more

This former meat-packing plant in Chicago, Illinois is now a site where people work to create a new kind of... more

Post Office Bay on the Galapagos Islands is a post office that runs on luck and the goodwill of visitors.... more

Experience the Orfield Anechoic Chamber: a room inside a concrete bunker that was once known as the quietest place on... more

We explore the power luck has on us all, rational or not, through the unlikely places people go to re-up. READ... more

This secluded museum beats the drum for the preservation of Nepal's musical heritage. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nepali-folk-musical-instrument-museum

A renegade art project in Vancouver galvanized a small community, pitted residents against city government, and ultimately resulted in a... more

An industrial water tank-turned-concert hall in the high deserts of Colorado is nothing less than a sonic wonder of the... more

About 400 miles south of New Zealand, on the subantarctic Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, stands a Sitka spruce whose... more

This unique installation in Sydney, Australia combines art and ornithology, commemorating the calls of the city’s lost birds. Plus, bin... more

Urban planner Moses Gates shares his unlikely experience with the residents of the 61st floor of one of New York... more

Updated December 2022. Built by indigenous people thousands of years ago, the Newark Earthworks are part cathedral, part cemetery, and... more

The story of Thomalind and Priscilla is 300 years in the making and brings listeners to Bunce Island, off the... more

Chandler, Arizona creates a Christmas Tree made entirely of the diaspore of this Western plant. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:... more

Home is where the grudge is. We survey a special kind of architecture that is both petty and personal. READ MORE... more

Atlas contributors bring listeners stories of getting lost on transit, on romantic getaways, or while just trying to get home,... more

Artist Duke Riley has turned trash into a medium, like clay or paint, and an indictment.  His exhibit DEATH TO... more

Discover how Tarpon Springs, Florida became known as the Sponge Capital of the World. This “Small Town, Big Story” episode... more

In honor of Lucia Day on December 13, we’re diving into the origins of a Swedish holiday tradition which evolved... more

We go to the Westman Islands off the southern coast of Iceland and meet the heroes who save young birds... more