The Past Beneath Our Feet with the Places Team
Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team catch listeners up on the new and surprising additions to Atlas Obscura that capture their attention. This includes a heiress’s pet cemeter...
8 Dec 202112min
Museum of Minerals and Crystals
This small mineral museum in Dodgeville, Wisconsin is home to plenty of rocks - some of which may rival those in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz co...
7 Dec 202111min
Lake Nyos - The Deadliest Lake
In 1986 an unknown natural disaster at Lake Nyos in Menchum, Cameroon left more than 1700 people dead in one night - and puzzled scientists. Learn how they solved that mystery. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:...
6 Dec 202115min
Centers for Disease Control Museum
Visit a museum inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, which documents how public health officials have slowed the spread of disease through history.READ MORE IN THE...
2 Dec 202113min
Abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort
Hear from the caretakers of a ghost town in Bolivia that was once the world's highest ski resort. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/abandoned-chacaltaya-ski-resort Hosted by...
1 Dec 202112min
Micropia
Take a trip to Micropia, the world’s only museum dedicated to microscopic organisms and learn about our invisible life companions.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/micropia ...
30 Nov 202114min
Tree of 40 Fruits
The Tree of 40 fruits in San Jose California is an horticultural marvel of 40 types of stone fruit trees grafted together to form a living work of art. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura...
29 Nov 202112min
Looking for Pawpaws
The Sporkful host Dan Pashman brings listeners on a quest to find a fruit indigenous to North America that has never been industrialized - but may be seeing a resurgence. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https...
25 Nov 202112min
