Podcast Episodes

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 i…

10 months 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 …

10 months ago

Civic Musical Road (Classic)

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

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10 months, 1 week 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 …

10 months, 1 week 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 call…

10 months, 1 week 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 artic…

10 months, 1 week 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 t…

10 months, 1 week ago

It’s Getting Hot in Here (Classic)

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

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Four Rooms at the Omni Parker House Hotel

In an homage to the 1995 movie Four Rooms, Dylan talks with historian Susan Wilson about how the history of Boston – and the United States at large –…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

More First Travel Dates

A couple months ago, we asked for your stories about traveling with a significant other for the first time. We got so many responses, that we decided…

10 months, 2 weeks ago