The Atlas Obscura Podcast

We're sharing with you a new Witness Docs show: Welcome to Provincetown, a documentary podcast in the vein of reality television about a small town on the Cape with a strong LGBTQIA+ history.  Warning: The episode does contain explicit language. Find out more about Welcome to Provincetown and other Witness shows at:  https://www.witnesspodcasts.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pc...

The voice announcement at Embankment Station in London is unlike any other announcement on the Tube.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The hunt to memorialize Rhode Island’s founder created one of the state’s strangest and most enduring myths. To Learn more about Roger Williams relationship to local indigenous tribes: http://library.providence.edu/encompass/narragansett-history/secondary-sources/the-landing-of-roger-williams/ READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roger-williams-root Hosted by Simplecast, an...

Legends and troubled history lay beneath Lake Lanier in Forsyth County. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea has become an accidental bird sanctuary for one of the world’s most endangered crane species.   Learn more about the International Crane Foundation: savingcranes.org Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Occasionally the podcast team requests messages about the strange and wondrous places you experience. These are some of first responses we received last year regarding our request to hear of wonders from listeners' backyards. Stories feature the world’s largest tin soldier, the home of the first public beach and a phone connecting us to people we’ve lost.   Tell us about a wonder in your backyard....

Producer Baudelaire Ceus brings listeners to Accra, Ghana and a gigantic public square dedicated to Ghanaian independence. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/black-star-square Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This small town in Ecuador was thought to hold the fountain of youth and drew the curiosity of scientists and wellness practitioners alike.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/vilcabamba Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sets from the original 1960’s Star Trek have been recreated for fans and actors alike in Ticonderoga, New York. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/star-trek-original-series-set-tour Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Syren Nagakyrie set out to make a whole world of incredible beauty more available to millions of people with disabilities - starting with the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Learn more about Disabled Hikers: https://disabledhikers.com/ Olympic National Park Trail Guides: https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/physical-mobility-accessibility.htm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...

An abandoned Russian mining village is literally frozen in time. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramiden   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Congo Square in New Orleans is the heart of where African drumming found its way into American music and the birth of Jazz. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/congo-square Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring listeners stories of two of their favorite places that can be found in the Atlas - on in Washington, DC and one in Scotland. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Amir Siraj was a sophomore in college when he discovered what may be the first documented interstellar object to hit earth.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anna Swan had an adventurous life before settling in Seville, Ohio and building a house large enough to fit her large life.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A rapidly disappearing glacier holds the key to a forgotten species, a century-old entomological mystery,  and… an opera. This episode previously aired in 2021.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grasshopper-glacier Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This paddleboat gave some Black children a place to learn even when they were denied formal education on land.    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This meteorite is one of the very few on record to have hit a human being.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-hodges-meteorite-tuscaloosa-alabama Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A public health crisis plagued the Midwest until a simple solution was introduced to a ubiquitous cooking ingredient. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A number of tiny, mysterious doors scattered throughout Atlanta, Georgia ask viewers to imagine what might be found on the other side. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tiny-doors-atl Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join host Dylan Thuras and producer Harry Huggins as they visit the unruly architecture of The House on the Rock - one of the inspirations for Atlas Obscura.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/house-rock Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The strange story of Catalina Island’s herd of bison, and the harrowing story of producer Sarah Wyman’s encounter with these intimidating residents. Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/catalina-island-bison-herd Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Eight rare vehicles at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky vanish, thanks to a massive sinkhole. Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-corvette-museum-sinkhole Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

All summer we’ve been asking you to send us your summer travel stories. In this installment we hear a listener’s tale of a theological dispute that became a real money-maker known to some as “Old Hoaxy.”  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cardiff-giant Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal da...

Producer Baudelaire Ceus travels to Leimert Park, a unique neighborhood in Los Angeles characterized by its historical relationship to Black liberation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.