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Who Swarmed Langley Air Force Base With Drones?
For 17 nights in 2024, unidentified drones circled the historic Air Force base. To this day, no official explanation has been given. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major...
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What I Found Driving Through Appalachia
Appalachia beckons travelers with bluegrass, ancient landscapes, and a deep-rooted tradition of storytelling. This essay is part of The Great Escape, Atlas Obscura’s soon-to-launch guide to American...
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What I Found Driving Down Highway 61
The Blues Highway is by larger-than-life legends and even more remarkable true tales. This essay is part of The Great Escape, Atlas Obscura’s soon-to-launch guide to American road trips, featuring more...
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What I Found Driving Across Northern Michigan
Head “Up North” along the coast of Lake Michigan for sandy shores, sublime cherries, and butter-bathed, just-caught fish. This essay is part of The Great Escape, Atlas Obscura’s soon-to-launch guide to...
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How Texas Became an Unlikely Epicenter for Czech Pastries
The kolache is a traditional Czech pastry with sweet or savory fillings. The Texas kolache is bigger, fluffier, and sometimes filled with an entire Hershey chocolate bar. Listen and subscribe on Apple...
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AO Mailbag: Is It Normal to Share a Checked Bag With Your Boyfriend?
Our hosts offer unsolicited relationship advice. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: I’m Dylan Thuras. Johanna Mayer: I’m Johanna Mayer. Amanda...
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The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound Changed Live Music Forever
Filling four trucks and as loud as an airplane taking off, the Wall of Sound was the largest, most sophisticated sound system ever built. It nearly destroyed the band. Listen and subscribe on Apple...
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All Hail the Slop Bowl, Lunch of Our Ancestors
Mesopotamian laborers and Victorian office clerks alike would line up around the block for Sweetgreen if they could. We live in the era of the slop bowl. This fast-casual meal, described by the New...
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Remembering the Heyday of Japan’s Silent Film Narrators
Though the golden age of benshi was drowned out by the advent of sound, their art form is far from silenced. Osaka’s bustling Dotonbori district casts a powerful spell over visitors to the Japanese...
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AO Mailbag: Which Places Just Aren’t Worth Visiting?
We look for wonder everywhere we go. But today, let’s talk about the trips that aren’t worth it. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Amanda McGowan: Okay, okay,...
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The Ancient Greek Guide to Succeeding at Dinner Parties
Want to be a hit at a third-century Roman dinner party? Look no further than ‘Deipnosophistae’ by Athenaeus of Naucratis. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps....
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Schieks Cave Below Minneapolis Contains a Lake of Warm Sewage
An urban explorer ventured deep below the bustling streets of downtown Minneapolis. He discovered more than he bargained for. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast...
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The Manhattan Well: How Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton United to Solve a...
In 1800, Elma Sands was found murdered at the bottom of the Manhattan Well. What followed was America’s first recorded trial. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast...
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This Public Bathroom in a Sleepy English Village Was an Epicenter for Cold...
Located across from a bookstore in Alresford, England, this public toilet served as an information superhighway for spies. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps....
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How the 6-Day Race Became an American Spectator Obsession
In the 1860s and ’70s, people would gather, listen to live music, eat delicious food, and ... watch people walk in circles? Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps....
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The Truth Is Out There at the Dreamland Resort (or Should We Say ‘Area 51?’)
What’s the real story behind America’s most infamous Air Force base? Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: I love The X-Files. It is one of my...
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The Jeremy Bentham Auto-Icon: Why This Legendary Philosopher Put His Own Body...
You can visit the father of utilitarianism anytime you like. But will it make you happy? Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Kevin Sexton: Every month, a...
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What Happened to Price Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper?
The only skyscraper Frank Lloyd Wright designed is currently sitting empty. Turns out, its design was maybe a little too considered. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major...
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