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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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Latest Episodes:

Broken Angel Sep 27, 2022

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The 1980s birthed a gleaming creature that spread its wings of scrap wood and glass over the intersection of two iconic Brooklyn, NY neighborhoods for thirty years.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/broken-angel

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Enchanted Hart Haus Sep 26, 2022

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Steve and Amy Hartbauer have turned their home in residential Denver, CO into a massive mosaic and decade’s long expression of inner inspiration.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/enchanted-hart-haus

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Classic: Jatinga Bird Deaths Sep 23, 2022

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An Indian village is home to one of the world’s oldest and greatest ornithological mysteries.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jatinga-bird-suicide

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Libre Intentional Artist Community Sep 22, 2022

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Luz Fleming explores the home where he grew up, Libre - one of the longest lasting intentional communities still exists.

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America’s “Quiet Zone” Sep 21, 2022

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Green Bank, West Virginia is free of wifi and cell signals due to the massive telescope nearby that requires radio silence.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/town-for-wi-fi-refugees

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Summer Adventures ‘22 Sep 20, 2022

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Today, a sampling of listener-submitted stories of summer adventures from the wild, strange and wonderful world in which we live.

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Ark Two Shelter Sep 19, 2022

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Forty-two school buses have been buried in Horning’s Mills, Ontario - covered in concrete, they’re house up to 500 people in case of nuclear fallout.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ark-two-shelter

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Classic: The Baalbek Trilithon Sep 16, 2022

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This ancient temple complex in Northern Lebanon is one of the most well-preserved Roman ruins on earth, and one of the most overlooked.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/baalbek-trilithon

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Gocta Waterfalls Sep 15, 2022

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One of the world’s tallest waterfalls is nestled In Northwestern Peru, right where the Amazon rainforest crashes into the Andes Mountains.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gocta

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Chapel Creek Ranch Sep 14, 2022

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This ranch in Sanger, Texas trains people in jousting and sword-fighting with the goal of making them knights of the highest order - for the Medieval Times dinner theater chain.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/behind-the-scenes-at-medieval-times-where-knights-battle-and-pepsi-is-plentiful

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