The Atlas Obscura Podcast
The Atlas Obscura Podcast

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Places & TravelEnglish
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.
Cabbage Patch BabyLand General Hospital
06 January 2025
Cabbage Patch BabyLand General Hospital

Writer Joshua Rigsby takes a very strange journey into the birthplace of Cabbage Patch Kids. After he returns, he can never look at the dolls the same way again.  


Read Joshua’s essay about his trip to BabyLand General Hospital, and check out his bookstore, Pretty Good Books.


New Year, New Travel Resolutions
04 January 2025
New Year, New Travel Resolutions

We’re (almost) back! And we want to hear your New Year’s travel resolutions. 

Send a voice memo to hello@atlasobscura.com. Or, give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message.


The Divorce Colony (Holiday Classic)
03 January 2025
The Divorce Colony (Holiday Classic)

For a brief period the small frontier city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota drew in socialites and celebrities who were desperate to end their marriages.


In the Doldrums with Bernie Harberts (Holiday Classic)
02 January 2025
In the Doldrums with Bernie Harberts (Holiday Classic)

Ultimate slow travel adventurer (and friend of the show) Bernie Harberts returns to tell us what happened when he spent months floating alone at sea. Bernie is also an author and filmmaker. 

You can read more about Bernie's travels at his website www.riverearth.com.


Broken Angel (Holiday Classic)
01 January 2025
Broken Angel (Holiday Classic)

The 1980s birthed a gleaming creature that spread its wings of scrap wood and glass over the intersection of two iconic Brooklyn, NY neighborhoods for thirty years. 

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/broken-angel


Beishan Broadcast Wall (Holiday Classic)
31 December 2024
Beishan Broadcast Wall (Holiday Classic)

On the tiny Kinmen Island, a bow-tie-shape strip of land between China and Taiwan, sits a giant weaponized wall of sound that still stands--and still broadcasts--today.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beishan-broadcast-station-art


Anne Spencer’s Garden (Holiday Classic)
30 December 2024
Anne Spencer’s Garden (Holiday Classic)

This garden in Lynchburg, Virginia is the key to unlocking the writing and mind of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer.


A Quick Hello from Dylan. Plus: We Want Your Dating Travel Stories!
28 December 2024
A Quick Hello from Dylan. Plus: We Want Your Dating Travel Stories!

Just a little check in. Plus: We want to hear your stories of traveling with a significant other for the first time – the good, the bad, and the strange.

You can send an email or voice memo to hello@atlasobscura.com. Or, give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message.


Milo Bitters (Holiday Classic)
27 December 2024
Milo Bitters (Holiday Classic)

A listener in Lawrence, Kansas takes us on his journey of discovering the secrets of his hometown.


Exploring the Abandoned with Blake Pfeil (Holiday Classic)
26 December 2024
Exploring the Abandoned with Blake Pfeil (Holiday Classic)

Dylan sits down with guest Blake Pfeil about what inspired him to begin exploring abandoned spots, what those spaces have taught him about escapism, sobriety and the sometimes blurry line between real and unreal that he finds there. 

MORE: Blake is an artist and adventurer. He’s also the creator and host of the podcast “Abandoned: All-American Ruins.” Check it out here.