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The Atlas Obscura Podcast
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore... more

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Episodes

The Pennsylvania Firefly Festival (Classic)

The deep woods of Pennsylvania hold a phenomena that has drawn attention from scientists and people around the world, and... more

23 Mar 2023 · 14 minutes
The Shrek Donkey of Barron Park (Classic)

We visit a park in Palo Alto, California, home of the world’s most famous donkey. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS... more

22 Mar 2023 · 14 minutes
Cisternerne (Classic)

A massive 19th-century reservoir under the city of Copenhagen has been repurposed as a contemporary art cave. We venture inside... more

21 Mar 2023 · 12 minutes
Zone Rouge (Classic)

A swath of land in Northern France still bears scars of the destruction of World War I. Destruction so bad... more

20 Mar 2023 · 11 minutes
Tiny Doors of Atlanta (Classic)

As part of Women’s History Month, we're sharing some episodes from the archive including this story about mysterious doors scattered... more

17 Mar 2023 · 13 minutes
Blurred lines with Stacy Horn

Writer Stacy Horn tells us about a period in American history when the study of psychic phenomena and the paranormal... more

16 Mar 2023 · 18 minutes
Manuscript Writing Cafe

We go to Tokyo, to a particular place that is both nemesis and best friend to all those procrastinators out... more

15 Mar 2023 · 12 minutes
NYC’s Most Beautiful Public Bathroom

Producer Abigail Keel takes us on the most strange, wonderful and beautiful potty break. And tells us how – and... more

14 Mar 2023 · 15 minutes
Exploring the underworld with Jessica Leigh Hester

Writer Jessica Leigh Hester joins us on a deep dive into the sewer, the subject of her new book. We’ll... more

13 Mar 2023 · 15 minutes
WHM Classic: Luciadagen

As part of Women’s History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive, including this story about... more

10 Mar 2023 · 18 minutes
More Wonders in Your Backyard

Here the podcast team shares stories of wonder and curiosity that lies just outside your doorstep. Stories feature a troll... more

09 Mar 2023 · 13 minutes
The Dedan Kimathi Post Office Tree

The Dedan Kimathi Post Office played a notable role in Kenya’s struggle for Independence.

08 Mar 2023 · 19 minutes
Ouija Board 7-Eleven

The Ouija Board went from a tool for communicating with the dead to a sleepover party game. This trip through... more

07 Mar 2023 · 15 minutes
Big Apple Inn

This restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi was a haven for Civil Rights leaders and has stood for four generations, 83 years,... more

06 Mar 2023 · 17 minutes
WHM Classic: Forest of the Future Library

As part of Women’s History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including this story about... more

03 Mar 2023 · 15 minutes
The A. Everett Austin Facade House

This architectural oddity in Hartford, Connecticut looks like a mansion… but is only one room deep. READ MORE IN THE... more

02 Mar 2023 · 16 minutes
The Discovery Tree

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump that helped spark a conservation movement. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-discovery-tree

01 Mar 2023 · 13 minutes
The Hampton House

This simple brick building in Chicago, Illinois was the boyhood home of Civil Rights icon, Fred Hampton Sr. and a... more

28 Feb 2023 · 14 minutes
Nellie Mae Rowe’s Playhouse

Nellie Mae Rowe decorated her home in Vinings, Georgia with homemade dolls and shiny bottle caps and placed paper streamers,... more

27 Feb 2023 · 14 minutes
BHM Classic: Leimert Park

As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including Producer Baudelaire Ceus’s... more

24 Feb 2023 · 15 minutes
Thomas Merton's Hermitage

This little house in New Haven, Kentucky is where Thomas Merton aka profit-poet aka the rebel monk tried to get... more

23 Feb 2023 · 16 minutes
Jadeite Cabbage

This tiny stone cabbage has a big backstory stretching from the rich, treasure-laden halls of Beijing’s Forbidden City...through a harrowing... more

22 Feb 2023 · 14 minutes
Newtown Creek Nature Walk

One man in Brooklyn, New York - armed with a homemade boat and an artistic vision - helped transform one... more

21 Feb 2023 · 16 minutes
The Gankutsu Hotel

Chiseled out of a stone cliff, one farmer's unfinished art project in Yoshimi, Japan lies in ruins. And an architect... more

20 Feb 2023 · 17 minutes
Classic: Floating Freedom School

As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including the history of... more

17 Feb 2023 · 15 minutes
Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn

This site in Boonarga, Australia honors the cactoblastis - a humble moth that traveled across the globe, and became the... more

16 Feb 2023 · 11 minutes
Pushkin’s Duel

The story of how famous Russian author Alexander Pushkin once faced a duel by The Black River on the outskirts... more

15 Feb 2023 · 17 minutes
Valentine's Day Classic: Chopin’s Heart

For Valentine's Day, the Atlas team would like to bring you this tale of the heart….literally. The Church of the... more

14 Feb 2023 · 16 minutes
The Henry Miller Memorial Library

This site is “not a Library where you can borrow books” nor “a memorial with dusty relics” but still aims... more

13 Feb 2023 · 13 minutes
Black History Month Classic: Louis Armstrong Museum

As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including this journey to... more

10 Feb 2023 · 17 minutes
The San Juan Island Pig War

The killing of a British pig on an island off the coast of Northwestern Washington almost started a war between... more

09 Feb 2023 · 22 minutes
Creston Dinosaur

This relic of roadside attractions in Creston, South Dakota is believed to be the first of its kind in North... more

08 Feb 2023 · 17 minutes
The Rainmaker

Professional rainmaker Charles Hatfield was either a scientist or a con man who had a particular influence on San Diego,... more

07 Feb 2023 · 16 minutes
Marchand Dessalines

Marchand Dessalines, Haiti is a town named after Jean Jacques Dessalines one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution and... more

06 Feb 2023 · 9 minutes
Black History Month: Black Star Square

As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including this story about... more

03 Feb 2023 · 16 minutes
The Westgate with Rico Gagliano

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

02 Feb 2023 · 15 minutes
Freud Museum London

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

01 Feb 2023 · 12 minutes
Galileo’s Middle Finger

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

31 Jan 2023 · 15 minutes
Tangier American Legation Museum

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

30 Jan 2023 · 14 minutes
Classic: Cueva de los Tayos

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

27 Jan 2023 · 14 minutes
Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear

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

26 Jan 2023 · 17 minutes
Empress Anna’s Ice Palace

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

25 Jan 2023 · 16 minutes
Lee’s Legendary Marbles and Collectables

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

24 Jan 2023 · 11 minutes
Urnes Stave Church

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

23 Jan 2023 · 13 minutes
Classic: The Great Stalacpipe Organ

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

20 Jan 2023 · 14 minutes
Cementerio Municipal José María Azael Franco Guerrero

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

19 Jan 2023 · 12 minutes
The Lion House

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

18 Jan 2023 · 20 minutes
Songs of Ice with the Places Team

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

17 Jan 2023 · 17 minutes
Green Mill Jazz Club

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

16 Jan 2023 · 10 minutes
Classic: The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion

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

13 Jan 2023 · 16 minutes
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Empress Anna’s Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the site of an incredibly strange wedding. Was it a cruel joke? A... more