Podcast Episodes

Man’s Best (Stiff) Friends (Classic)

Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring us two charming stories of some very special canines who have been (literally) pre…

4 months ago

Finding Freedom in the Bay Area

In July of 2024, Greg Eskridge was released from San Quentin Rehabilitation Center after 30 years in prison. We hear what it’s like to see the Bay Ar…

4 months ago

100 Years of Motels

On December 12, 1925, the first motel in America opened its doors. It had Spanish Mission style architecture, a red roof, and an orange tree outside …

4 months ago

In Search of the Ghosts of the Forests

In California, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves. Reporter Alexa Lim ventures into the forest to get a look at albino redwoods…

4 months ago

Our New Year’s Travel Resolutions

The staff of Atlas Obscura share their new year’s travel resolutions – the things we want to change about how we travel or see the world this year.  …

4 months ago

Newtown Creek Nature Walk (Classic)

One man in Brooklyn, New York - armed with a homemade boat and an artistic vision - helped transform one of the most polluted industrial waterways in…

4 months, 1 week ago

Sea View Hospital and the Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

 Today, Sea View Hospital on Staten Island is largely abandoned. But it was here, in this forgotten place, staffed by people who were shunned and seg…

4 months, 1 week ago

2025 in Review: Our Travel Reflections

The new year is just around the corner. And the Atlas Obscura staff look back on the lessons and experiences they learned this year throughout their …

4 months, 1 week ago

The Pompeii of Nebraska

In 1971, a paleontologist discovered an animal graveyard in northeastern Nebraska. It was crammed with species that lived in North America millions o…

4 months, 1 week ago

Minneapolis’s Giant Pencil

When a 180-year old bur oak tree collapsed during a rainstorm, a couple in Minnesota made a new life for it. 

Plus: How many U.S. states have you visi…

4 months, 1 week ago