The Wall of Sound
In the 1960s, the band the Grateful Dead became consumed by a quest that would take up 10 years, cost millions of dollars, and almost break up the band. It was the quest for audio perfection – to brin...
12 Jun 202522min
Where We Would Spend Our Last Day Before the Apocalypse
The staff here at Atlas Obscura answered an unsettling question for this episode: Where would you spend the last day before the apocalypse? Some interesting truths come out. Plus, we want to hear from...
11 Jun 202512min
How to Dine Like an Ancient Philosopher
An ancient book contains a controversial Greek recipe, one of the earliest examples of patent law, and answers for a perennial problem: how to make conversation at a dinner party. Learn more about Dei...
10 Jun 202515min
The Library on the Border
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House sits half in Canada, half in the United States. For over a century, it was a symbol of friendship between the two nations. Then, the library got caught in the ...
9 Jun 202516min
National Parks Week: Discovery Tree
We visit one of California’s longest-running tourist attractions: A giant stump that helped spark the movement to preserve the state’s natural places.For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat itine...
6 Jun 202515min
National Parks Week: The Allagash Four
On a summer day in 1976, four friends had a strange experience in the Northwoods of Maine that would come back to haunt them decades later. Today, we’re exploring the hidden morbid side of the nationa...
5 Jun 202526min
National Parks Week: Montezuma Well
We visit a mysterious sinkhole in Arizona that has befuddled an exclusive group of divers who’ve gotten a glimpse of a strange world at its sandy bottom. For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat i...
4 Jun 202516min
National Parks Week: Yellowstone’s Zone of Death
A 50-square-mile patch of Yellowstone National Park in Idaho might just be the perfect place to commit a crime. For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat itineraries, check out the Atlas Obscura Ex...
3 Jun 202515min
