Podcast Episodes

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

The oldest operating pet cemetery in the world is just north of NYC, and it’s where dearly departed four-legged friends come to rest – and sometimes,…

2 years, 10 months ago

Gullah Museum

We visit a museum in Georgetown, SC that’s dedicated to preserving and prioritizing the rich and historic Gullah Geechee culture.

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2 years, 10 months ago

Burj Al Babas

An incomplete luxury housing development in Turkey is a mashup of fairy tale and ghost town, and almost everyone has an opinion of (or wants to see) …

2 years, 10 months ago

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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 months ago