Podcast Episodes

Are Cemeteries…Dying?

In 2023, 60% of Americans chose to be cremated instead of having a traditional burial. If that trend continues, do cemeteries need to be worried abou…

1 year, 7 months ago

District Six

District Six is a neighborhood in Cape Town South Africa that was destroyed under the apartheid regime. Today, a museum stands as a  monument to the …

1 year, 7 months ago

Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest

Writer Meghan Gunn meets a stranger in the jungle, and writes him a letter.

This essay was edited by Aube Rey Lescure and originally appeared in Off A…

1 year, 7 months ago

Oh, the Places We Can’t Go

The Atlas Obscura Places team brings us to a dazzling aquarium and a small town in the heart of what was once eastern Pennsylvania’s coal country. Th…

1 year, 7 months ago

Tell Us Your Story: Places To Remember

Maybe it was a mom and pop shop that closed down. Maybe it was a facility that you often used and shut down. Or an art space that was replaced by a h…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Lost Boys of Robber’s Cave (Classic)

In 1954, two groups of boys thought they were going to summer camp. But they’d been recruited for a different kind of summer experience.

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1 year, 7 months ago

What’s Happening to the Benin Bronzes?

An update on the thousands of masks from the former Kingdom of Benin. These pieces of art and culture are spread in museums across the world, but a n…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Wizard of Wamego

The story of how a former nuclear missile silo in Wamego, Kansas became the site of the largest LSD bust in US history (allegedly). Fore more informa…

1 year, 7 months ago

Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: The Selinsgrove Speedway and Muriwai

An evening visit to a racetrack, and a late night walk on the beach. “8:45 p.m. at the Selinsgrove Speedway” was edited by Aube Rey Lescure and “10 p…

1 year, 7 months ago

A (Store) for the Birds

Mike O’Connor’s Cape Cod store provides supplies for birders, gives away thousands of pounds of free potatoes, and inspires April Fools’ Day-related …

1 year, 7 months ago