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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.

Copyright: © 2024 Midroll Media

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Library of Congress Hair Collection (Classic) Feb 09, 2024

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This collection, preserved by the United States Library of Congress, features locks of hair from cultural icons from Beethoven to General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum Feb 08, 2024

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This museum in John Day, Oregon, was once a Chinese general store and medicine shop that dates back to the 1800s. But these days it’s a perfectly preserved time capsule, down to the fruit – down to the orange its former owner left on the counter in the 1950s. Tours of the shop are offered seasonally, but you can get a virtual look inside here.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS HERE

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Welcome Home Feb 07, 2024

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Hear staff stories about places in the world that made them instantly feel at home, from the Big Easy to the Magic Kingdom.

WE WANT YOUR STORIES: We’re working on a new slate of episodes that will feature listener stories, and want to hear yours.

Tell us about a place that makes you feel at home. What made it special? Have you returned there? What sticks out about this place that makes it unique to you? Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message telling us your name and story. Just so you know, our mailbox will cut you off after 2 minutes so please call in again if you get disconnected. You can also record a voice memo and email it to us at Hello@atlasobscura.com.

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Moynaq Feb 06, 2024

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A city in Uzbekistan used to be the site of one of the world’s largest seas. Now it’s a dusty reminder of one of the largest and most forgotten environmental disasters.

READ MORE: Visit the Stihia website here to learn more about the music festival that happens in Moynaq, including where it may be this year. And this news article is a good primer on some of the current conflicts and issues in the region.

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Taquile Island Feb 05, 2024

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This tiny island off the coast of Peru is an UNESCO World Heritage site for having the finest textile art. It’s also the place where a knitted hat represents and symbolizes a man’s code of honor, marital status, and love for life.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/taquile-island

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Père Lachaise Cemetery (Classic) Feb 02, 2024

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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 Hedayat.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pere-lachaise-cemetery

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Seeking the (Minnesota-shaped) Forest Through the Trees - Part 2 Feb 01, 2024

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We pick up the ball from internet sleuths and journalists and find the mysterious maker of a Minnesota-shaped forest, who’s never spoken about his secret project – until now.

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Seeking the (Minnesota-shaped) Forest Through the Trees - Part 1 Jan 31, 2024

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We follow one man’s journey down an internet rabbit hole that becomes a search for a one-of-a-kind forest and its mysterious creator.

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Hello From The Otter Side Jan 30, 2024

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At one time, sea otters had an enormous historical range—from Baja California, up the West Coast, through Alaska, Russia, and Japan. But these days, their levels are low. In this episode, we get an inside look at a groundbreaking program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is helping to reverse that by getting rescued sea otter pups back to the wild.

We produced this episode in partnership with the aquarium. To learn more about the program or get info on visiting, click here.

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The Guerrero Jan 29, 2024

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We follow a man’s quest to find the remains of a shipwrecked slave ship off the coast of the Florida Keys, and learn about its forgotten history, mysterious remains, and vital legacy.

LEARN MORE: Check out a documentary Karuna Eberl made about the ship – called “ The Guerrero Project.” She wrote an article about it. A local Florida historian named Gail Swanson wrote a book about the ship, called Slave Ship Guerrero. And of course, you can always get involved with Ken’s organization, Diving With a Purpose.

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