Podcast Episodes

Exploring the Pan-American Highway with Pati Jinich

The Pan-American Highway is considered the longest road in the world – it stretches nearly 20,000 miles, from Alaska to Argentina. In her new docuseries Pati Jinich Explores PanAmericana, Pati talks …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Polar Explorers Entertained Themselves

Early polar explorers faced long nights and dangerous expeditions. To entertain themselves, they wrote and published niche newspapers and periodicals. Atlas Obscura’s community editor Allegra Rosenbe…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Last Limburger Plant in America

Chalet Cheese Cooperative in Monroe, Wisconsin is the last cheese plant left in America that makes the ultra-stinky Limburger cheese: a cheese that inspires equal parts loving and loathing, has been …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Where You Would Spend Your Last Day Before the Apocalypse

A few weeks ago, the Atlas Obscura staff told us where they would spend their last days before the apocalypse. Now we’re sharing your stories – from a childhood home in a small town in Illinois, to a…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Civic Musical Road (Classic)

The grooves cut in this road outside Lancaster, CA play the finale of the William Tell Overture. 

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civic-musical-road

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Cigar “Readers” of Cuba

If you were to visit a cigar factory in Cuba, you’d hear something unexpected: the sound of the daily news report, or maybe a poem or a novel, being read aloud. The cigar “reader” is a tradition held…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

One of the many objects that went down with the ship during the sinking of the Titanic was a beautiful, jewel-encrusted edition of a poetry book called the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.” The Rubaiyat wa…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Ivan the Terra Bus

In Antarctica, researchers bid farewell to an iconic fixture: a big red bus named Ivan. 

Want to learn more about Ivan? Read Allegra Rosenberg’s article all about him.

Published on 6 months ago

Happy Pride: Mapping the Gay Guides (Classic)

To round out Pride Month, we’re sharing one of our favorite classic episodes. For decades, a one of a kind travel guide opened up the world for gay travelers. Today, historians are using them to crea…

Published on 6 months ago

It’s Getting Hot in Here (Classic)

Let’s all go to hell. Seriously. Hell, Michigan, that is :)

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hell-michigan

Published on 6 months ago