The Paris Sewer Museum
We dive into the dirty history of the famed Paris sewer system, from its unorthodox cleaning methods, to a pneumatic postal service that ran via the sewer, to… a poop tax. We always want to hear from ...
12 Mai 17min
National Ice Core Lab (Classic)
Scientists in Denver, Colorado store and conduct tests on miles of ice core samples dating back hundreds of thousands of years. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-ic...
11 Mai 11min
Weekend Road Trip: The Mark Twain Stump
In 1891, a knot of men murdered a 1,300-year-old tree to prove it wasn’t a "tall tale." We visit the Mark Twain Stump, a 16-foot-wide wooden stage that serves as a monument to early American hubris, t...
9 Mai 21min
Enchanted Woods (Classic)
We go to Wilmington, Delaware, to a 4-acre garden with characters and exhibits created using castoff materials and greenery that invites kids to drop screens and rules – and instead give in to a state...
8 Mai 11min
Haw Par Villa (Classic)
This amusement park in Singapore holds the Ten Courts of Hell, a series of dioramas that depict the kind of horrible fates awaiting people who behaved badly on Earth. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://w...
7 Mai 14min
AO Mailbag: Who Gets to DJ on a Long Road Trip?
Producers Jerome and Johanna join co-host Kelly McEvers to answer questions about souvenir-buying stress, multigenerational travel, and what to listen to on a road trip when you don’t have the same ta...
6 Mai 20min
The Lunchbox Museum
Allen Woodall’s first lunchbox was a brown paper bag. Since then, he’s amassed a collection of over 5,000 lunchboxes, all housed in a museum in Columbus, Georgia. The Lunchbox Museum is part of the C...
5 Mai 8min
The Places Behind the Star Wars Franchise
Producers India Rice and Morgan Johnson take you beyond this planet as they share two stories tied to the franchise Star Wars. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...
4 Mai 8min
