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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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Monkey Island (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 12, 2024

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An island off the coast of Puerto Rico is home to more than 1500 imported monkeys, which have been studied by researchers for decades.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cayo-santiago-monkey-island

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Cranes of the DMZ (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 11, 2024

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The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea has become an accidental bird sanctuary for one of the world’s most endangered crane species. Learn more about the International Crane Foundation at savingcranes.org.

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Mafra Palace Library Bats (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 10, 2024

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A grand library in Portugal has some unexpected nighttime caretakers -- tiny bats.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mafra-palace-library-bats

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Parrots of Green-Wood Cemetery (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 09, 2024

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These Argentinian parrots have made an unlikely home in a Brooklyn, NY cemetery.

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Luomus Spiders (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 08, 2024

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Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki has had an infestation of Chilean recluse spiders for more than 50 years.

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Micropia (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 05, 2024

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Take a trip to Micropia, the world’s only museum dedicated to microscopic organisms and learn about our invisible life companions.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/micropia

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Milky Seas (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 04, 2024

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Join host Dylan Thuras, a satellite scientist, and a ship captain in search of gigantic swaths of bioluminescence that radiate up from the surface of the sea over thousands of square miles.

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Laguna Del Diamante (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 03, 2024

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A toxic lake high in the Andes mountains in Argentina is home to microbes that provide a window to our planet’s past — and a key to securing its future.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/laguna-del-diamante

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Relampago del Catatumbo (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 02, 2024

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There’s an everlasting lightning storm in Northwestern Venezuela that appears in the night sky nearly every night.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/relampago-del-catatumbo

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The Various Ends of the World (Winter Wonder Classic) Jan 01, 2024

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Science writer Peter Brannen takes listeners on a tour of the world’s five major mass extinctions.

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