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The Atlas Obscura Podcast
An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through T...
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20 of 1,408 episodesKoutammakou (Classic)
A race is on to save this world heritage site that straddles the border of Togo and Benin. It’s home to remarkable earth tower homes called...
The Flatswoods Monster with Emily Zarka
Emily Zarka is the host of the PBS digital series Monstrum, a show that tries to figure out how monster mythology was created and shaped thr...
ELDA Castle
Author and Ossining town historian Caroline Curvan helps unpack the story of how a castle ended up in the upstate New York woods. And how on...
The Cave House in Mexico City
Casa Cueva was completed in 1958 by artist Juan O Gorman. But in 1969, he sold the house to artist Helen Escobedo. She set off a controversy...
AO Mailbag: Souvenirs and Detours
Host Kelly McEvers and producers Jerome and Amanda answer your questions about traveling while sick, memorable souvenirs and their best deto...
The Legend of Kelpius
From alchemy to doomsday prophecies, we delve into the lore of Johannes Kelpius, a mystic believed to have started a cult in the Wissahickon...
Sibyl’s Cave
In 2007, excavators dug 70-odd years’ worth of trash and debris from a cave in Hoboken, New Jersey. It had once been a popular recreation sp...
Traveling All 63 U.S National Parks with Grandma Joy
Brad Ryan has traveled to all 63 U.S National Parks. But he’s not done it alone. He traveled with his grandmother, who was in her mid-80s wh...
Robot Saints (Classic)
We meet the robot saints – sculptures made of wood and wire, of cams and pulleys during medieval times – that might just help us understand...
The World Erotic Art Center
Today. we're visiting the World Erotic Art Museum in Miami, a place that shattered the line between fine art and our deeply held taboos.
The Museum That Began in One Woman’s House (Classic)
Mary Maschal set out to document women’s history, unintentionally becoming part of it herself.
Germany’s Most Romantic Post Office Box
For decades, people have been addressing love letters to an oak tree deep in the Dodauer Forest in Germany called the Bridegroom’s Oak. The...
The Hotel That Gave ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ Its Name
“Stockholm Syndrome” is a term in pop psychology that’s come to mean situations where hostages develop emotional bonds with their captors. B...
Your '50 States' Quests
We asked you about traveling to all 50 states, and in response got several stories about interesting quests and journeys across the U.S. Up...
The Sul Ross Desk (Classic)
In the 1980s, a group of friends on the track team at Sul Ross State University hauled a discarded dorm room desk to the top of a mountain....
The Big Duck (Classic)
The story of a big idea, and a big duck – and how this duck would go on to become an important architectural landmark that would influence b...
The Syrian Sweets Shop in Erdogan’s Turkey
Today we visit a baklava shop in Istanbul at the intersection of autocracy, violence and urban renewal. Kelly speaks with journalist Suzy Ha...
Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum (Classic)
We visit the Louisiana town where the infamous – but often misunderstood – couple’s story came to an end.
The Everyman’s Science Museum
Step back in time with us at the Wagner Free Institute of Science and explore how this museum defies modernity, preserving its original miss...