The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Spooky Szn: Elmer McCurdy’s Nine Lives

On Fridays this October, we're surfacing strange, incredible, sometimes haunted and sometimes spooky places. This episode takes us back to1976, when a television crew fil

Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash (Classic)

Telescope tourist, rocket scientist and STEAM educator Summer Ash gives us the nitty gritty on the V.L.A. - a 22-mile telescope in New Mexico whose formal name is literal

The Mutter Museum

Today, we go to the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, and meet the two historians who are working to better connect us to the mysteries and beauty of the human body.  Host

The 9/11 Tour Guide

Christina Staton is a tour guide of the 9/11 Memorial. And today, she guides us to tell us about the overlooked places, memorials and sculptures of the memorial.     H

The Fresh Kills Landfill of New York City

Today, with the help of Ben Naddaff-Hafrey from Revisionist History, we’re going to Fresh Kills in Staten Island: a pile of trash that grew so tall and so vast, that it i

Kelly's Picks: A Visit to the Museum of Broken Relationships

All week, host Kelly McEvers surfaces some of her favorite episodes from the archive. Here's today's story:  This episode will break your heart. And that’s a good thing.

Kelly's Picks: The Integratron

All week, host Kelly McEvers surfaces some of her favorite episodes from the archive. Here's today's story:  In August 1953, airstrip operator George van Tassel claimed

Kelly's Picks: Alone on the Alaskan Frontier

All week, host Kelly McEvers surfaces some of her favorite episodes from the archive. Here's today's story:  What drives a person to live in isolation? Meet Sue Aikens,

Kelly's Picks: The Last Baldwin House

All week, host Kelly McEvers surfaces some of her favorite episodes from the archive. Here's today's story:  James Baldwin’s former home in the South of France is a site

Kelly's Picks: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

All week, host Kelly McEvers surfaces some of her favorite episodes from the archive. Here's today's story:  One of the many objects that went down with the ship during

Is Alton, Illinois America's Most Haunted Small Town?

Alton, Illinois has been called the most haunted small town in America. It’s a place where practically every building has its own ghost story, from an old penitentiary, a

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Classic)

From opera singers to strange noises emitting from air conditioners, listeners share stories about their unusual neighbors.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S

Love Thy Neighbor (Classic)

We share stories about our neighbors – from an unusual pet in Maryland, to an out-of-place front yard in Brooklyn, to a beekeeper with a secret.  Plus: We want to hear Y

The Seed Huntress

Dive into the invisible world of seeds, Sefra Alexandra, the self-titled “Seed Huntress.” She tells us about her global mission to preserve our planet's diverse seeds and

The Mothman!

Today we venture (with flashlights on) into the TNT area, a vast abandoned munitions factory in Point Pleasant, West Virginia – where, in the 1960s, people started report

White Squirrels of Olney

Olney, Illinois is your quintessential Midwestern small town. It’s in the middle of farm country - a place you might drive right past. But people do stop, and they come f

Thompson’s Ice House (Classic)

Thompson’s Ice House in Bristol, Maine is one of the only places in the United States where people gather every winter to take part in the age-old process of harvesting i

Pack Your Bag(pipes) with Ross Jennings (Classic)

Ross Jennings, aka the First Piper, has been on a world-spanning quest to play the bagpipes in every country of the world.  LEARN MORE: https://www.thefirstpiper.com/

The Cats of Brooklyn

Producer Manolo Morales is not a fan of cats. But he may just change his mind after taking a walking tour in Brooklyn Heights dedicated to cat history called Cats About T

Where Animals Gather for A Meal

Producer Jerome Campbell shares two stories about how far animals will go for their meal.    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat