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
Dylan talks with journalist and author Ed Conway about three materials that our entire civilization depends on: salt, copper, and... more
We asked you to send us stories about places you can no longer visit – and nearly everyone wrote in... more
In Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, there was once a revolutionary community for African Americans willing to do whatever it took... more
Zahra Hankir is the author of the book Eyeliner: A Cultural History. She brings Dylan to three places across the... more
The hunt to memorialize Rhode Island’s founder created one of the state’s strangest and most enduring myths.
Cookbook author and Sporkful host Dan Pashman sets out on a research trip across Italy in search of highly regional... more
In May 2024, tractors across the American Midwest stalled. But that was only the first piece of a much larger... more
Over the course of its 200 year history, the lighthouse on Wood Island in Maine has been home to a... more
Producer Luz Fleming takes his son to revisit a special childhood spot that just happens to be a San Fransisco... more
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, Ph.D. is a wildlife ecologist specializing in large carnivores. And in this episode she unfolds a mystery... more
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