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Podcast: The Gankutsu Hotel

In Japan, a farmer's unfinished art project lies in ruins—but a dedicated duo are determined to keep his legacy alive.
February 20, 2023
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moth

Podcast: Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn

A moth once saved Australia from a cactus crisis.
February 16, 2023
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duels

Podcast: Pushkin’s Duel

How a real-life confrontation seemed to mirror a literary masterpiece.
February 15, 2023
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library

Podcast: The Henry Miller Memorial Library

In Big Sur, California, a library that's not really a library.
February 13, 2023
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war

Podcast: The San Juan Island Pig War

How, yes, a pig almost started a war between the United States and Britain.
February 9, 2023
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dinosaurs

Podcast: Creston Dinosaur

The roadside attraction is thought to be the first enormous concrete dino in North America.
February 8, 2023
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weather

Podcast: The Rainmaker

Was Charles Hatfield a scientist or a con man?
February 7, 2023
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revolution

Podcast: Marchand Dessalines

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.
February 6, 2023
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movie theater

Podcast: The Westgate With Rico Gagliano

The inside story of a flop that changed one theater's history.
February 2, 2023
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psychiatry

Podcast: Freud Museum London

Lie back on what might be the world's most famous psychoanalytic couch.
February 1, 2023
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galileo

Podcast: Galileo’s Middle Finger

Investigating a renowned scientist's iconic digit.
January 31, 2023
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diplomacy

Podcast: Tangier American Legation Museum

In North Africa, the first American-owned property on foreign soil.
January 30, 2023
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bears

Podcast: Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear

A wildlife ecologist specializing in large carnivores unfolds a mystery for listeners.
January 26, 2023
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ice castles

Podcast: Empress Anna’s Ice Palace

The spectacle in St. Petersburg, Russia, was the site of an incredibly strange wedding.
January 25, 2023
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Podcast: Lee’s Legendary Marbles and Collectables

This Nebraska destination is a pilgrimage of sorts for serious collectors, and a curiosity for the casual passerby.
January 24, 2023
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vikings

Podcast: Urnes Stave Church

This intricately carved church is one of Norway’s great treasures of architecture.
January 23, 2023
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topiary

Podcast: Tulcán Municipal Cemetery

A lush, green paradise for the dead.
January 19, 2023
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africa

Podcast: The Lion House

A place where when people moved out, lions moved in.
January 18, 2023
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snow

Podcast: Songs of Ice

How to appreciate ice without getting all that cold, with the Atlas Obscura Places Team.
January 17, 2023
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jazz

Podcast: Green Mill Jazz Club

Home to more than a century of music history and unlimited stories.
January 16, 2023
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radical

Podcast: Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour

A unique Bay Area walking tour led by community historians.
January 12, 2023
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secrets

Podcast: The Mail Rail

Beneath the streets of London, a secret subway for snail mail.
January 11, 2023
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midwest

Podcast: Chicago Bridge Houses

Where the Windy City's drawbridge operators nestled in, at the bases of their places of work.
January 10, 2023
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indigenous

Podcast: Making Films With Sky Hopinka

A Native American filmmaker and Genius Grant recipient on what he's searching for on the road.
January 9, 2023