Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNasothek Noses
We get up close and nosey about a peculiar exhibit in Copenhagen that reveals a lot about what artists and society considered beautiful throughout th…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Plotz Plot (Classic)
Josh Foer, the co-founder of Atlas Obscura, takes us to a remote patch of land in the Arizona desert, where he built (and later rebuilt) a museum in …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Stanley Hotel
We go inside a place that some paranormal investigators call the most active haunted location in the world. Before it was known as the inspiration fo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Our Travel Expectations
Travel is sometimes like a box of chocolates – never know what you’re going to get. In this episode, we share stories of places that blew us away, an…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Tunguska Event
We head to a remote region of Russia, to the epicenter of what would become known as the Tunguska Event. An event that may seem unfathomable… except …
2 years, 5 months ago
Tolkien Takes Us Places
This fall marks 50 years since JRR Tolkien’s death. In honor of the writer’s life and legacy, we want to take you back to the places where it all beg…
2 years, 5 months ago
La Piedra Movediza (Classic)
A huge rock, teetering on the edge of a hill for thousands of years, brought tourism, fame, and what’s said to be a 100-year curse to the town of Tan…
2 years, 5 months ago
Grave Bells
We go to Bonaventure Cemetery in Georgia to the grave of one Charles F. Mills to learn about a distinct – but at one time widespread – phobia – and …
2 years, 5 months ago
Baobab Fare
The story of Chef Hamissi Mamba, whose family sought asylum in the US and years later founded an East African restaurant that serves up a small slice…
2 years, 5 months ago
Enchanted Woods
We go to Wilmington, Delaware, to a 4-acre garden with characters and exhibits created using castoff materials and greenery that invites kids to drop…
2 years, 5 months ago