The Wimbledon Queue
Producer Emma Morgenstern spends nearly 6 hours waiting in a famous line. Will she get into the most exclusive tennis tournament in the world – or face bigtime disappointment? Hosted by Simplecast, an...
26 Aug 202413min
Seven Keys Lodge (Classic)
The world’s largest random, assorted key collection located outside Denver, CO, was inspired by a literary infatuation and includes keys to danger and memory.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlaso...
23 Aug 202412min
Are Cemeteries…Dying?
In 2023, 60% of Americans chose to be cremated instead of having a traditional burial. If that trend continues, do cemeteries need to be worried about the future? Loren Rhoads, author of 222 Cemeterie...
22 Aug 202422min
District Six
District Six is a neighborhood in Cape Town South Africa that was destroyed under the apartheid regime. Today, a museum stands as a monument to the people who once called the neighborhood home. Hoste...
21 Aug 202413min
Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest
Writer Meghan Gunn meets a stranger in the jungle, and writes him a letter.This essay was edited by Aube Rey Lescure and originally appeared in Off Assignment. It was also included in The Best America...
20 Aug 202411min
Oh, the Places We Can’t Go
The Atlas Obscura Places team brings us to a dazzling aquarium and a small town in the heart of what was once eastern Pennsylvania’s coal country. The catch? Neither place exists anymore. Do you have ...
19 Aug 202414min
Tell Us Your Story: Places To Remember
Maybe it was a mom and pop shop that closed down. Maybe it was a facility that you often used and shut down. Or an art space that was replaced by a housing development. We want to hear about places th...
17 Aug 20241min
The Lost Boys of Robber’s Cave (Classic)
In 1954, two groups of boys thought they were going to summer camp. But they’d been recruited for a different kind of summer experience.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-...
16 Aug 202416min
