Tasting the World’s Most Unique Honeys with Marina Marchese
Marina Marchese is a beekeeper and trained honey sommelier. She explains how honey tastes like the place where it’s made… and guides co-host Kelly McEvers through a taste test of some of the world’s m...
2 Huhti 24min
Was It All A Hoax?
Today, we are celebrating the spirit of April Fools’ Day with two stories about hoaxes. One is about a mythical creature in Fouke, Arkansas and the other about a giant sea serpent in a small town of N...
1 Huhti 13min
Deadly Beard
For one sixteenth century Austrian mayor, a long, luscious beard was both his claim to fame – and the cause of his downfall. Read more about Hans Steininger and his deadly beard: https://www.atlasobs...
31 Maalis 14min
The Farewell Spit
Daren Grover was on vacation near the top of New Zealand’s South Island when he got a call: some whales needed help. Hundreds of them had stranded on a spot so notorious for whale strandings, it’s cau...
30 Maalis 14min
Exotic Feline Rescue Center (Classic)
Long before Joe Exotic got the country talking about big cats, there was Joe Taft – regular guy – who began raising and rescuing these types of felines in Indiana. MORE: https://www.atlasobscura.com/...
27 Maalis 12min
Alone on the Alaskan Frontier
What drives a person to live in isolation? Meet Sue Aikens, who thrives in the icy expanse of the Arctic. She shares stories of survival, self-discovery, and the wild encounters that continue to shape...
26 Maalis 28min
Meet the Man Visiting 800 Museums in LA
Todd Lerew has spent a decade visiting every single museum in Los Angeles. He chronicled his journey in his book Also on View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles. Check out Todd’s m...
25 Maalis 18min
Alice Austen House
In the 1950s, a journalist doing archival research at the Staten Island Historical Society came across a collection of images that stopped him in his tracks. These photos featured women from the 1890s...
24 Maalis 18min
