Podcast Episodes

The Miraculous Staircase

The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico has a pretty unusual spiral staircase – it winds round and round like a DNA helix, and has no visible center “bar” for support. But the story of the stairca…

Published on 3 months ago

What You Collect

Listeners share stories about their most treasured collections.

Plus: We want to hear your stories about traveling with kids! Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message telling us your name an…

Published on 3 months ago

Under Our Feet: The Mail Rail

We go underground in London, where there is a railway built for one purpose and one purpose only: to keep the city’s mail moving on time. All this week, we’re heading underground to discover the stor…

Published on 3 months ago

Under Our Feet: Damanhur

We visit northern Italy, where a mysterious religious community founded by an insurance agent–turned–spiritual leader spent 15 years constructing an underground temple.

All this week, we’re heading un…

Published on 3 months ago

Under Our Feet: Upton Chamber

We visit an underground chamber in Upton, Massachusetts, that’s puzzled some New Englanders – while others long knew its ancient origins. All this week, we’re heading underground to discover the stor…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Under Our Feet: Forestiere Underground Gardens

We visit an underground oasis in Fresno, California, that’s a winding maze of rooms and passageways filled with lush citrus trees. All this week, we’re heading underground to discover the stories ben…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Under Our Feet: Exploring the Underworld With Jessica Leigh Hester

Jessica Leigh Hester joins us on a deep dive into the sewer, the subject of her appropriately-titled book, Sewer. She and Dylan talk about some of the interesting (and disgusting) things she found th…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Priscilla’s Homecoming (Classic)

The story of Thomalind and Priscilla is 300 years in the making and brings listeners to Bunce Island, off the coast of Sierra Leone.  

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

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Traveling Grannies with Ellie and Sandy

Inspired by the novel and movie Around the World in Eighty Days, Eleanor Hamby and Dr. Sandra Hazelip (Ellie and Sandy) ventured out and took the world by storm as they turned 81 years old.

Ellie and …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Portland’s War of the Roses

The International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon is a rose-lover’s paradise: there’s over 10,000 bushes and 625 varieties from all over the world. And there’s a great story about how the garden…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago