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NYC’s Favorite ‘Folk Sandwich’
It’s simple. It’s delicious. It’s the chopped cheese. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: It’s a hot day in New York City. It’s pushing 90 degrees...
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Leader of the Packs
Finding a new backpack needn’t be a weighty decision. I’m a backpack guy. Don’t even ask me about rolly bags—they’re like dragging a ball and chain; slow, loud and useless in gravel and snow. They...
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The Glass Armonica: The Strange History of the Instrument Benjamin Franklin...
Invented by one of America’s Founding Fathers, this musical instrument became the center of a medical malpractice scandal. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps....
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AO Mailbag: Is It Rude to Travel Without Your Significant Other?
The Atlas Obscura team answers audience questions about all things solo travel. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: I’m here and no one’s here...
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Paul Scheer’s Top 3 Embarrassing Places
Actor and comedian Paul Scheer can’t go back to these places without cringing. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: For this conversation, we asked...
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Food for the Ages: 7 Historical NYC Dishes You Can Still Order Today
Travel through time—and all five boroughs—for these time-tested classics. New York has always been a hungry city, with locals and visitors alike constantly searching for the next best bite. For...
View ArticleIn conversation with Rhym Guissé, host of our podcast Charlie’s Place
At the height of segregation when everywhere else was divided, Black and white people danced together to the biggest R&B acts of the time at Charlie’s Place. Atlas Obscura CEO Louise Story chats...
View ArticleIntroducing: Charlie’s Place
Charlie’s Place was revolutionary, and that meant it was dangerous. Beloved. Notorious. Defiant. Folk hero. These are just a few ways to describe Charlie Fitzgerald, the entrepreneur who owned an...
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Inside America’s Oldest Tofu Shop
Opened in 1911, Ota Tofu makes its products following a traditional, time-consuming recipe—but it’s worth the wait. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan...
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Charlie’s Place Episode 5: All Costs
August 26th, 1950 was the night that changed Myrtle Beach. It changed Charlie and the impact reverberated throughout the south. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and Amazon. Rhym...
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The New York Earth Room Contains 280,000 Pounds of Dirt
This art installation has been lovingly looked after for decades by a single caretaker. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Johanna Mayer: Hey, Amanda. Amanda...
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Corita Kent: How a Nun Became a Revolutionary Pop Artist
Her art asserted joy in a difficult political climate. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Amanda McGowan: Picture a college campus in Southern California in...
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Did Lyrebirds Steal These Songs From Humans?
Australian lyrebirds can imitate car horns, chainsaws ... and beautiful flute music. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Elah Feder: A few weeks ago, I...
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Life-Changing Trips: Olympics, Cicadas, and Once-in-a-Lifetime Concerts
Listeners to the Atlas Obscura podcsat share their stories of life-changing trips. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Hi, Dylan here. You have reached the...
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Charlie’s Place Episode 4: Mr. Nobody From Nowhere
There’s much mystery surrounding Charlie Fitzgerald and who he was before Myrtle Beach. Before he was Charlie Fitzgerald he was Lucious Rucker. So who is Lucious Rucker? Listen and subscribe on Apple...
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Was Paco the First Celebrity Dog?
Roaming Madrid in the 1880s, Paco the dog was a friend to artists and writers who chronicled his adventures in the newspapers. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast...
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A Quest to Capture America’s Greatest Roadside Attractions
For decades, Rolando Pujol has traveled across the country to photohraph historic roadside attractions. These are some of his favorites. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major...
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The Bejewled ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ at the Bottom of the Ocean
This luxurious edition of the Persian poetry collection went down with the Titanic in 1912. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. I recently learned that you can...
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Who Moved London Bridge to Arizona?
London Bridge was falling down, so the city put it up for auction. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: What is the largest souvenir that you’ve...
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‘McAtlas’ Explores the World’s Most Unique McDonald’s Locations—and Dishes
This global guide to McDonald’s covers everything from Thailand’s corn pie à la mode to Sweden’s ski-thru window on the side of a mountain. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all...
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