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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. I... Read more

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Texas Painted Churches

Texas Painted Churches

A series of churches in Texas that look unassuming from the outside in fact have some of the most intricately painted in... Read more

15 Aug 2023

12mins

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Snake Island

Snake Island

A tiny island off the coast of Brazil is known for being a dangerous place … purely because its inhabitants are, well, s... Read more

14 Aug 2023

13mins

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Winchester Mystery House (Classic)

Winchester Mystery House (Classic)

Does this sprawling mansion in San Jose, California live up to its reputation as one of the most haunted places in the w... Read more

11 Aug 2023

14mins

Ranked #4

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Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

The oldest operating pet cemetery in the world is just north of NYC, and it’s where dearly departed four-legged friends ... Read more

10 Aug 2023

13mins

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Gullah Museum

Gullah Museum

We visit a museum in Georgetown, SC that’s dedicated to preserving and prioritizing the rich and historic Gullah Geechee... Read more

9 Aug 2023

13mins

Ranked #6

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Burj Al Babas

Burj Al Babas

An incomplete luxury housing development in Turkey is a mashup of fairy tale and ghost town, and almost everyone has an ... Read more

8 Aug 2023

9mins

Ranked #7

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Pā‘ula‘ula / Russian Fort Elizabeth

Pā‘ula‘ula / Russian Fort Elizabeth

Producer Johanna Mayer and Atlas Obscura associate editor Sarah Durn tell us the story of a fort in Hawaii with two name... Read more

7 Aug 2023

14mins

Ranked #8

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Sunny Jim Cave (Classic)

Sunny Jim Cave (Classic)

We follow a long set of wooden stairs deep underground to a sea cave with a mysterious and colorful past, and take in a ... Read more

4 Aug 2023

14mins

Ranked #9

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Jacko Steps

Jacko Steps

We go to the Caribbean island of Dominica and hear the story of Jacko, a formerly enslaved man who became a national her... Read more

3 Aug 2023

16mins

Ranked #10

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Dmanisi

Dmanisi

An archeological site in the country of Georgia, which features the oldest human skull fossils found outside of Africa, ... Read more

2 Aug 2023

14mins

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