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An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.

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An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.

    The Secret Nazi Weather Station Named Kurt

    The Secret Nazi Weather Station Named Kurt

    During the 1970s, archaeologists and fishermen stumbled across an abandoned military weather station on the coast of Labrador. It was labeled “Canadian Meteor Service.” The problem was: the Canadian Meteor Service didn’t put it there. In fact, the Canadian Meteor Service didn’t even exist.

    MORE: You can visit Weather Station Kurt at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, which is only about 980 miles from its original location!

    • 14 min
    The Rotary Jail Museum (Classic)

    The Rotary Jail Museum (Classic)

    The only remaining operational Rotary Jail, found in Crawfordsville, Indiana, shows visitors how inmates were once locked within the building’s walls.

    • 10 min
    Ruins of Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale (Classic)

    Ruins of Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale (Classic)

    This garden park in Paris, France contains the ruins of a colonial exhibition from 1907.

    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/le-jardin-d-agronomie-tropicale

    • 16 min
    Controlled Cold with Nicky Twilley

    Controlled Cold with Nicky Twilley

    We get a crash course in the fascinating temperature-controlled ecosystem we’ve created to keep our food fresh – and available – all year round. Our guide is Nicky Twilley, co-host of the Gastropod podcast and author of the new book called Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.

    • 28 min
    Welcome To Wall Drug

    Welcome To Wall Drug

    In the South Dakota badlands, a small pharmacy employed an ingenious marketing gimmick, and boomed into a business that draws millions of visitors every year. It’s a story that involves giant dinosaurs, a mythological jack rabbit, and lots and lots of donuts.

    • 17 min
    Traveling With Kids: Please Send Help

    Traveling With Kids: Please Send Help

    We’ve got a fun collaboration with podcasters SuChin Pak and Kulap Vilaysack, hosts of Add to Cart. Hear them chat with Dylan about traveling with kids – the good, the bad, and the vomit-y times. Pick up tips if you’re about to make your first or 10th trip with young people this summer.

    • 24 min

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Interesting stories from various part of the world

A podcast I have missed. I’ve only listened to a few episodes yet, but I like it a lot. Interesting stories from various part of the world. Thanks!

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