The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.

Recent Episodes
  • The Coffee Palace (Classic)
    Jun 20, 2025 – 00:12:29
  • Ashley House (Classic)
    Jun 19, 2025 – 00:14:35
  • The Bible with a Massive Portrait of a Devil Inside
    Jun 18, 2025 – 00:17:57
  • The Mysterious Drones at Langley Air Force Base
    Jun 17, 2025 – 00:17:41
  • Dylan’s Mailbag: Trips We’d Never Go On, the First Places in the Atlas, and Worst Bathroom Experiences
    Jun 16, 2025 – 00:18:35
  • We Want To Hear From You: Love & Travel
    Jun 14, 2025 – 00:02:30
  • The Super Museum (Classic)
    Jun 13, 2025 – 00:12:06
  • The Wall of Sound
    Jun 12, 2025 – 00:22:04
  • Where We Would Spend Our Last Day Before the Apocalypse
    Jun 11, 2025 – 00:12:10
  • How to Dine Like an Ancient Philosopher
    Jun 10, 2025 – 00:15:57
  • The Library on the Border
    Jun 9, 2025 – 00:16:19
  • National Parks Week: Discovery Tree
    Jun 6, 2025 – 00:15:33
  • National Parks Week: The Allagash Four
    Jun 5, 2025 – 00:26:01
  • National Parks Week: Montezuma Well
    Jun 4, 2025 – 00:16:00
  • National Parks Week: Yellowstone’s Zone of Death
    Jun 3, 2025 – 00:15:13
  • National Parks Week: Take a Walk, Find A New Species
    Jun 2, 2025 – 00:16:47
  • Little Lambs, Big Back Story
    May 31, 2025 – 00:14:51
  • Dolly Parton’s Dreambox (Classic)
    May 30, 2025 – 00:14:41
  • Atlas Obscura Presents: Traveling Back in Time for Coconut Cake with The Sporkful
    May 29, 2025 – 00:40:14
  • Museum of Friends
    May 28, 2025 – 00:15:02
  • Why Is There a Dinosaur Here?
    May 27, 2025 – 00:13:41
  • Welcome to Summer (Classic)
    May 26, 2025 – 00:12:19
  • We’re Looking for Stories about Places that Celebrate Lesser-Known Queer History
    May 24, 2025 – 00:01:11
  • Kalakuta Museum (Classic)
    May 23, 2025 – 00:13:25
  • A Disappearance from the Ocean View Hotel
    May 22, 2025 – 00:26:31
  • Edward Bellamy's Real-World Utopia
    May 21, 2025 – 00:15:32
  • In Guyana, a Rebellion Thwarted by a Letter
    May 20, 2025 – 00:17:59
  • The Places YOU Gained After the Pandemic
    May 19, 2025 – 00:12:08
  • Chicago Bridge Houses (Classic)
    May 16, 2025 – 00:12:42
  • The Man Who Rebuilds the Last Inca Rope Bridge
    May 15, 2025 – 00:27:22
  • Finding The Great Gatsby in Louisville
    May 14, 2025 – 00:14:55
  • Saving the World’s Rarest Pasta
    May 13, 2025 – 00:15:53
  • Dylan’s Mailbag: Waiting in Lines, Traveling with Mixed Budgets, and Unexpected Layovers
    May 12, 2025 – 00:14:42
  • Medical Clowning Program (Classic)
    May 9, 2025 – 00:15:14
  • That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest
    May 8, 2025 – 00:22:56
  • Club Ebony
    May 7, 2025 – 00:11:49
  • The Big Well
    May 6, 2025 – 00:09:55
  • The Places We Gained After the Pandemic
    May 5, 2025 – 00:14:46
  • Bad Rap Week: Ashley Ray’s Secret Place (Classic)
    May 2, 2025 – 00:17:45
  • Bad Rap Week: Prowling for Coyotes in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery
    May 1, 2025 – 00:21:29
  • Bad Rap Week: Searching for Wonder in the Most Boring Mall in Canada
    Apr 30, 2025 – 00:16:46
  • Bad Rap Week: Dylan and Alan Fall Down the Rat Hole
    Apr 29, 2025 – 00:15:29
  • Bad Rap Week: Listeners Defend Places with Bad Reputations
    Apr 28, 2025 – 00:12:03
  • Leaning Tower of Niles (Classic)
    Apr 25, 2025 – 00:09:36
  • Retracing Historic Journeys with Elise Wortley
    Apr 24, 2025 – 00:27:16
  • The Kolache Triangle
    Apr 23, 2025 – 00:14:17
  • Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: 2:30 a.m. in McMurdo Station and 11:45 p.m. in Oulu
    Apr 22, 2025 – 00:09:47
  • Dylan’s Mailbag: A Disturbing Listener Question
    Apr 21, 2025 – 00:14:03
  • Gnomesville
    Apr 18, 2025 – 00:12:29
  • The Manhattan Well with Lauren Willig
    Apr 17, 2025 – 00:27:39
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