Dylan’s Mailbag: Trips We’d Never Go On, the First Places in the Atlas, and Worst Bathroom Experiences
Dylan and producers Johanna and Amanda take your questions. For our next mailbag, we’re looking for questions about solo travel. If you have a question for Dylan about traveling by yourself, give us a...
16 Juni 202518min
We Want To Hear From You: Love & Travel
We want to hear about your favorite unusual local date spots. One rule: No romantic restaurants! Where are the places that you bust out when you’re really trying to impress someone with an obscure, of...
14 Juni 20252min
The Super Museum (Classic)
A midwest city has embraced what it means to be the namesake hometown of one very famous superhero. And at its center is a museum that holds the carefully cultivated collection of one superfan. READ M...
13 Juni 202512min
The Wall of Sound
In the 1960s, the band the Grateful Dead became consumed by a quest that would take up 10 years, cost millions of dollars, and almost break up the band. It was the quest for audio perfection – to brin...
12 Juni 202522min
Where We Would Spend Our Last Day Before the Apocalypse
The staff here at Atlas Obscura answered an unsettling question for this episode: Where would you spend the last day before the apocalypse? Some interesting truths come out. Plus, we want to hear from...
11 Juni 202512min
How to Dine Like an Ancient Philosopher
An ancient book contains a controversial Greek recipe, one of the earliest examples of patent law, and answers for a perennial problem: how to make conversation at a dinner party. Learn more about Dei...
10 Juni 202515min
The Library on the Border
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House sits half in Canada, half in the United States. For over a century, it was a symbol of friendship between the two nations. Then, the library got caught in the ...
9 Juni 202516min
National Parks Week: Discovery Tree
We visit one of California’s longest-running tourist attractions: A giant stump that helped spark the movement to preserve the state’s natural places.For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat itine...
6 Juni 202515min
