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Podcast: Hitler’s Toilet

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Podcast: Hitler’s Toilet

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange stories.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
May 20, 2021
The South Pacific atoll of Teti'aroa is about 30 miles north of Tahiti.

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French Polynesia's Teti'aroa Has Been an A-Lister Retreat for Centuries

Research reveals the lush islets have been a setting for royal relaxation, political negotiations, and ritual fattening.

Bridget Alex
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2021
The endangered langurs need a hand—and, in Teluk Bahang, a bridge made from fire hoses.

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In Malaysia, Recycled Fire Hoses Help Make Way for Endangered Langurs

These crossings keep them—and many other species—safe from roadway dangers.

Kristen Pope
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2021
Podcast: Mafra Palace Library Bats

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Podcast: Mafra Palace Library Bats

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2021
The cave is full of guano.

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What Secrets Lurk Within a Human-Sized Dome of Bat Guano?

Deep in a Jamaican cave, scientists are getting to the bottom of that question.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
May 18, 2021
Many people in Piedra Parada mine amethysts for sale to visitors and dealers.

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The Mexican Mountain Town Feeding the International Crystal Market

In Piedra Parada, amethysts are everywhere.

Dylan Taylor-Lehman
Atlas Obscura
May 18, 2021
Podcast: Wonders in Your Backyard

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Podcast: Wonders in Your Backyard

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
May 18, 2021
Bees, pictured here flocking to wild fennel, could have gotten more than they're bargaining for.

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Radioactive Honey Preserves the Legacy of Nuclear Testing

Cesium 137 shows up in small amounts still detectable today.

Susan D’Agostino
Atlas Obscura
May 18, 2021
A small uranium-glass pitcher (left) and uranium glass plates (right).

radioactive

The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

Their tools are black lights and Geiger counters.

Amiee Maxwell
Atlas Obscura
May 17, 2021
Housing and buildings in North Kensington, London, in 1975, with Trellick Tower in the background.

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Harnessing the Dystopian Dread of the Brutalist Tower Block

The real-life British buildings behind J.G. Ballard's harrowing "High-Rise."

Phyllis Richardson
Atlas Obscura
May 17, 2021
In Russia's resource-rich Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), dredging for gold near the Aldan River leaves behind a long curve of maze-like squiggles.

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There's Gold In These Here Strange Squiggles

Mining operations at one of Russia's largest gold deposits includes a method that leaves twisty tracks on the landscape.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
May 17, 2021
Podcast: Disgusting Food Museum

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Podcast: Disgusting Food Museum

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
May 17, 2021
The cake has such an elegant presentation, you almost don't want to cut into it.

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Making the Miraculous Cake of the Patron Saint of Bakers

Test your pastry-making prowess with gâteau St. Honoré.

Sam O'Brien
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2021
Cracking the Code of Letterlocking

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Cracking the Code of Letterlocking

A tale of Black Chambers, lost correspondence, and high technology.

Abigail Cain
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2021
Numbers and arrows help point cyclists on their way.

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How Flanders Made Navigating a Cycling Paradise as Easy as Memorizing a Phone Number

To map out routes through stunning landscapes, riders rely on numerical "nodes."

Daniela De Lorenzo
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2021
Ernest Shackleton, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and Edward Wilson (right to left) as they were preparing to explore the Ross Ice Shelf as part of the British National Antarctic Expedition in November 1902.

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Why Did Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton Keep 'Conking Out'?

A vitamin deficiency may have changed the course of a continent's history.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
May 13, 2021
We love books.

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Introducing: The Atlas Obscura Book Club With Literati

Finding Wonder is for explorers of places and ideas around the world and across history.

Samir S. Patel
Atlas Obscura
May 13, 2021
Podcast: Basilica Cistern

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Podcast: Basilica Cistern

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
May 13, 2021
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