Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPère Lachaise Cemetery
Producer Baudelaire Ceus searches for the resting place of famed author Richard Wright among the graves of other cultural icons like Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, and Sadegh Hedaya.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Leaning Tower of Niles
Niles, Illinois is home to an exact replica of Italy’s leaning tower of Pisa - only it’s half the size of the original structure.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Not Lost in the Umbrella Covers Museum
Brendan Francis Newnam, the host of the new podcast Not Lost, and Dylan Thuras discuss how getting lost is the best way to find yourself. And Brendan shares a great scene from his podcast where he an…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Places We Return To
Atlas Obscura contributors take listeners to some of the places they loved so much they keep going back.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Monongahela Incline
This funicular in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania used to offer coal and steel workers a respite from the smog of industry.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Goblin Valley State Park
Today the story of how a street lamp, a tangle with municipal government, and a love of the stars led a man to Goblin Valley, Utah a “dark sky certified” place for lovers of the night sky.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Last Big Mac in Iceland
Take a trip to a hostel in Iceland to visit the country’s last Big Mac, where the burger’s existence unfolds a story about economics and national identity.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Boiling River Re-Listen
A river in the Amazon is so hot that anything that falls into it will die … but how did it get this way?
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Ruins of Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale
This garden park in Paris, France contains the ruins of a colonial exhibition from 1907.
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Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Maiden of Deception Pass
Thousands of years ago, a young woman named Ko-kwal-alwoot crouched over a set of tide pools, looked into the water, and saw a face looking back at her that wasn’t her own. Today, her descendants are…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago