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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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Narcisse Snake Dens Apr 20, 2021

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A Canadian community comes together to save its slithering neighbors... the largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/narcisse-snake-dens

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Communist Mummies Apr 19, 2021

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Humans have a primal need to honor their dead. We take you on a tour of our favorite communist mummies.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/atlas-obscura-s-guide-to-communist-mummies

Our theme and end credit music was composed by Sam Tyndall.

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President Heads Apr 15, 2021

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Giant busts of U.S. presidents are slowly crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/president-heads

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How I Learned to Love Las Vegas Apr 14, 2021

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A spectacular art installation is hidden inside an all-luxury shopping mall in Las Vegas.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/akhob

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block Apr 13, 2021

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Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/frank-lloyd-wrights-burnham-block

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Zone Rouge Apr 12, 2021

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A swath of land in Northern France still bears scars of the destruction of World War I. Destruction so bad that, in some cases, humans have never been allowed to return.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/zone-rouge

Our theme and end credit music was composed by Sam Tyndall.

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Grasshopper Glacier Apr 08, 2021

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A rapidly disappearing glacier holds the key to a forgotten species, a century-old entomological mystery, and… an opera.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grasshopper-glacier

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Hope Cemetery Apr 07, 2021

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A graveyard in the “Granite Capital of the World” pays tribute to stone cutters and artisans who are buried amongst the sculptures they created.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hope-cemetery

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Pyramiden Apr 06, 2021

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An abandoned Russian mining village is literally frozen in time.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramiden

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The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji Apr 05, 2021

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In the depths of Northeastern India, centuries-old bridges are not built, they are grown.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee

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