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. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.
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Magical Summer Memories Vol. 4 - The Magic of Water
All summer we’ve been asking you to send us your summer travel stories. And in this final installment of summer stories we tackle a topic that transcends the seasons - the captivating magic of water during travel. We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders. Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!
The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs
We sift through the dirt to solve a mystery involving a massive mammoth grave site. We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders. Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters! READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mammoth-site
The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion
Host Dylan Thuras visits a Staten Island mansion with a dubious and vitriolic past, only to learn the site’s curse may not be as obvious as it seems. We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders. Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters! READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kreischer-mansion
Pando the Trembling Giant
Fishlake National Forest is home to the biggest organism by mass on the planet - but this giant is shrinking and an usual group has banded together to help defend it. We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders. Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters! READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pando-the-trembling-giant
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Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum
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The Mirror Lab
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Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum
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World’s Loneliest Tree
About 400 miles south of New Zealand, on the subantarctic Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, stands a Sitka spruce whose nearest neighbor is 170 miles away. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-loneliest-tree
Million Dollar Point
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