Beer Can House

These documents highlight the intellectual legacy of an ancient civilization based in Timbuktu, Mali.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/timbuktu-manuscripts-mali Hosted by Sim...

26 Apr 202212min

Writer and island-hopper Anna Marlis Burgard takes us on a tour of three of the 135 strange, incredible, and wondrous islands she’s explored in the United States.Learn more about Anna's Islands of Ame...

25 Apr 202214min

We dig into the tales of TWO whales washing ashore along the southeastern coast of Brazil. And learn how one became a scientific marvel and the other, a local landmark.Read more in the Atlas: https://...

22 Apr 202215min

This island between Missouri and Illinois was a preferred meeting place for duels to the death in the early 1900’s. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about ...

21 Apr 202214min

Famed Jazz musician Louis Armstrong’s house in Corona, Queens in New York is now a museum preserving his legacy.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/louis-armstrong-house Host...

20 Apr 202216min

A community of kitschy lawn gnomes have taken over an Australian roundabout.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gnomesville Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...

19 Apr 202212min

Science writer Peter Brannen takes listeners on a tour of the world’s five major mass extinctions.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a...

18 Apr 202217min

We venture out to Long Island, not for the beautiful beaches, or an Islanders game, or to hang with Billy Joel. We're here to explore the fraught history of a gigantic, ominous sea foam-green nuclear ...

15 Apr 202212min