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The Atlas Obscura Podcast — Places & Travel
The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Your guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Kelly McEvers and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters transport you to a new wonder every day. Along the way, you’ll meet fascinating people and hear their stories.

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Classic: Post Office Bay Jan 03, 2023

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Post Office Bay on the Galapagos Islands is a post office that runs on luck and the goodwill of visitors. It has a knack for bringing strangers together.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/post-office-bay

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Classic: The World’s Quietest Room Jan 02, 2023

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Experience the Orfield Anechoic Chamber: a room inside a concrete bunker that was once known as the quietest place on earth.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber

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Classic: Re-up Your Luck Dec 30, 2022

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We explore the power luck has on us all, rational or not, through the unlikely places people go to re-up.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/lucky-places-good-luck-charms

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Classic: Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum Dec 29, 2022

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This secluded museum beats the drum for the preservation of Nepal's musical heritage.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nepali-folk-musical-instrument-museum

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Classic: Dude Chilling Park Dec 28, 2022

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A renegade art project in Vancouver galvanized a small community, pitted residents against city government, and ultimately resulted in a new name for a chill park.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dude-chilling-park

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Classic: The Tank Dec 27, 2022

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An industrial water tank-turned-concert hall in the high deserts of Colorado is nothing less than a sonic wonder of the world.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-tank-rangely-colorado

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Classic: World’s Loneliest Tree Dec 26, 2022

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About 400 miles south of New Zealand, on the subantarctic Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, stands a Sitka spruce whose nearest neighbor is 170 miles away.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-loneliest-tree

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Classic: The Forgotten Songs Sound Sculpture Dec 23, 2022

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This unique installation in Sydney, Australia combines art and ornithology, commemorating the calls of the city’s lost birds. Plus, bin chickens!

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/forgotten-songs-sound-sculpture

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Classic: Moses Gates and the Chrysler Building Eagles Dec 22, 2022

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Urban planner Moses Gates shares his unlikely experience with the residents of the 61st floor of one of New York City’s most iconic buildings.

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Classic: Newark Earthworks Dec 21, 2022

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Updated December 2022. Built by indigenous people thousands of years ago, the Newark Earthworks are part cathedral, part cemetery, and part astronomical observatory. But today, this ancient ceremonial site is part of a golf course in Ohio.

Read Cedric Rose’s article: https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/will-ohios-earthworks-become-a-world-heritage-site/

Learn more about the Newark Earthworks: http://worldheritageohio.org

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