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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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The Hampton House Feb 28, 2023

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This simple brick building in Chicago, Illinois was the boyhood home of Civil Rights icon, Fred Hampton Sr. and a continued site for community organizing.

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Nellie Mae Rowe’s Playhouse Feb 27, 2023

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Nellie Mae Rowe decorated her home in Vinings, Georgia with homemade dolls and shiny bottle caps and placed paper streamers, pieces of colored glass and improvised sculptures throughout her yard.

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BHM Classic: Leimert Park Feb 24, 2023

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As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including Producer Baudelaire Ceus’s journey to Leimert Park, a unique neighborhood in Los Angeles characterized by its historical relationship to Black liberation.

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Thomas Merton's Hermitage Feb 23, 2023

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This little house in New Haven, Kentucky is where Thomas Merton aka profit-poet aka the rebel monk tried to get away from the world.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/thomas-mertons-hermitage

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Jadeite Cabbage Feb 22, 2023

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This tiny stone cabbage has a big backstory stretching from the rich, treasure-laden halls of Beijing’s Forbidden City...through a harrowing wartime escape...to its prized place at the National palace museum in Taipei, Taiwan.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jade-cabbage

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Newtown Creek Nature Walk Feb 21, 2023

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One man in Brooklyn, New York - armed with a homemade boat and an artistic vision - helped transform one of the most polluted industrial waterways in the US.

To listen to the Newtown Creek Audio Guide: http://www.newtowncreekfieldguide.com/

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/newtown-creek-nature-walk

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The Gankutsu Hotel Feb 20, 2023

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Chiseled out of a stone cliff, one farmer's unfinished art project in Yoshimi, Japan lies in ruins. And an architect and a photographer are working to keep his legacy alive.

Email us about buying a copy of Arai-san and Karasaki-san’s photobook at hello@atlasobscura.com

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gankutsu-hotel

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Classic: Floating Freedom School Feb 17, 2023

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As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including the history of this paddleboat that gave some Black children a place to learn even when they were denied formal education on land.

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Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn Feb 16, 2023

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This site in Boonarga, Australia honors the cactoblastis - a humble moth that traveled across the globe, and became the hero of a continent.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cactoblastis-memorial-cairn

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Pushkin’s Duel Feb 15, 2023

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The story of how famous Russian author Alexander Pushkin once faced a duel by The Black River on the outskirts of St. Petersburg features high drama, society scandals, a weird foot joke, and pistols at dusk.

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