Urban planner, Moses Gates, shares his unlikely experience with the residents of the 61st floor of one of New York City’s most iconic buildings..

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An audio postcard from the desert of Badain Jaran in China, home of the Booming Dunes, and possibly the coolest sand sounds you’ve ever heard

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Some say this little burbling creek is “the deadliest body of water on Earth.,”

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We take you to the east side of Detroit, where an artist transformed a largely abandoned street into an immersive, living museum -- which grew into something even bigger

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Built by indigenous people thousands of years ago, the Newark Earthworks are part cathedral, part cemetery, and part astronomical observatory. But today, this ancient ceremonial site is part of a golf course in Ohio.

Read Cedric Rose’s article: https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/will-ohios-earthworks-become-a-world-heritage-site/

Learn more about the Newark Earthworks: http://worldheritageohio.org

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We explore the power luck has on us all, rational or not, through the unlikely places people go to re-up

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Under the forests of Nyack, New York lays a series of dark and decrepit tunnels with militaristic roots but now attract graffiti artists and plenty of teen lore.

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Eight rare vehicles at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky vanish, thanks to a massive sinkhole

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An Indian village is home to one of the world’s oldest and greatest ornithological mysteries

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A carefully curated collection of miscalculations in Edinburgh, Scotland serves as a warning for our gullibility, especially when it comes to money.

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A ranch on the outskirts of Aptos, California features a magical machine that dispenses music, joy, and 18 of the freshest eggs in the land.

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Home is where the grudge is. We survey a special kind of architecture that is both petty and personal.

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It roamed the seas, served an evil dictator, survived a war, and ended up in a New Jersey auto-repair shop bathroom.

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A grand library in Portugal has some unexpected nighttime caretakers -- tiny bats. Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mafra-palace-library-bats

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You’ve been leaving us messages about the strange and wondrous places in your towns, like the world’s largest tin soldier, the home of the first public beach and a phone connecting us to people we’ve lost.

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Open your minds and steel your stomachs as we go to a food museum in Sweden that challenges what exactly makes something delicious… or disgusting.

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An old friend takes us under the streets of Instanbul and into an encounter with Medusa.

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A boxy, Brutalist building in Silver Spring, Maryland contains one of the greatest collections of disease, injury, and human body bits ever assembled.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-museum-of-health-and-medicine

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The strangest, most famous resident from this Colorado town happens to be a headless fowl.

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We go to the Westman Islands off the southern coast of Iceland and meet the heroes who save young birds that have wandered from their nests every summer.

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There was a time when we didn't walk around with computers in our pockets and exploring a new place required a paper map. In this episode, we dig into the ultimate debate: has technology ruined or elevated travel? Send us your questions about traveling or tell us a story by emailing a voice message to hello@atlasobscura.com

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Inside a living, breathing collection of sourdough starters in Belgium.

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A listener tells us about a treasure buried in his literal backyard, and the two strange men who showed up on his doorstep and asked to dig it up.

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A mind-tripping place where the art stands out not because of what's on them but what's in them.

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A special journey told in two parts, beginning with the world’s largest conveyor belt in the Western Sahara and ending on your dinner plate

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A special journey told in two parts, beginning with the world’s largest conveyor belt in the Western Sahara and ending on your dinner plate.

Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-world-s-longest-conveyor-belt-system-bou-craa-morocco

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Today we flip the focus from the memorable places we visit to the memorable people we meet on our adventures.

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A listener takes us to a town on the edge of the longest undefended border in the world. Our theme and end credit music was composed by Sam Tyndall.

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After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

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