Podcast Episodes

Pā‘ula‘ula / Russian Fort Elizabeth

Producer Johanna Mayer and Atlas Obscura associate editor Sarah Durn tell us the story of a fort in Hawaii with two names – and how those names both …

2 years, 7 months ago

Sunny Jim Cave (Classic)

We follow a long set of wooden stairs deep underground to a sea cave with a mysterious and colorful past, and take in a spectacular, hidden view of t…

2 years, 7 months ago

Jacko Steps

We go to the Caribbean island of Dominica and hear the story of Jacko, a formerly enslaved man who became a national hero for his ingenious escape an…

2 years, 7 months ago

Dmanisi

An archeological site in the country of Georgia, which features the oldest human skull fossils found outside of Africa, challenges what we think we k…

2 years, 7 months ago

Heating things up in Hatch

Today we're headed just a couple hours south of Albuquerque to Hatch, New Mexico, a town where the heat doesn’t just come from the sun. It also comes…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bone Vinyl

In the Soviet Union, x-rays didn’t just give you a look inside the human body. They also gave you a glimpse of the outside world, thanks to music tha…

2 years, 7 months ago

Beale Treasure (Classic)

Grab your pickaxes, your shovels, and your code breaking supercomputers because today we’re going on a treasure hunt.

2 years, 7 months ago

Knight’s Spider Web Farm

The family behind this farm relies on itsy bitsy helpers to produce one-of-a-kind art. 

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kn…

2 years, 7 months ago

Amazon Night Hikes

Hear how a trip to the jungle, and a series of nighttime hikes, cured producer Chris Naka’s bug-phobia, once and for all.

2 years, 7 months ago

Spaces for Spies

Places editors Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy bring us two stories about two particular places whose histories intersect with real world America…

2 years, 8 months ago