America’s “Quiet Zone”
Green Bank, West Virginia is free of wifi and cell signals due to the massive telescope nearby that requires radio silence. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/town-for-wi-fi-...
21 Sep 202215min
Summer Adventures ‘22
Today, a sampling of listener-submitted stories of summer adventures from the wild, strange and wonderful world in which we live. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...
20 Sep 202212min
Ark Two Shelter
Forty-two school buses have been buried in Horning’s Mills, Ontario - covered in concrete, they’re house up to 500 people in case of nuclear fallout. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.c...
19 Sep 202214min
Classic: The Baalbek Trilithon
This ancient temple complex in Northern Lebanon is one of the most well-preserved Roman ruins on earth, and one of the most overlooked. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/baal...
16 Sep 202215min
Gocta Waterfalls
One of the world’s tallest waterfalls is nestled In Northwestern Peru, right where the Amazon rainforest crashes into the Andes Mountains.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/go...
15 Sep 202213min
Chapel Creek Ranch
This ranch in Sanger, Texas trains people in jousting and sword-fighting with the goal of making them knights of the highest order - for the Medieval Times dinner theater chain. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS...
14 Sep 202213min
Grittiness and Romanticism in New York and Paris
Whiting Writer’s Award, Best Literary Criticism award winner, and author of several critically-praised books, Lucy Sante speaks with host Dylan Thuras about digging into place and how our relationship...
13 Sep 202216min
Growing the Atlas
Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team are on a mission to grow the Atlas community and include more wonderful and curious locations from Africa, Asia and South America. Two rec...
12 Sep 202211min
