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Podcast: Cisternerne

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

The Podcast Team January 13, 2022

Podcast: Organ Stop Pizza

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

The Podcast Team January 11, 2022

Nashville Tastes & Tunes

Join Tim and his family as they venture from Memphis to Nashville, seeking out history and exploring the heart and soul of Music City.

Sponsored by Land Rover

Podcast: The Village Where Every Person’s Name Is a Song

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

The Podcast Team December 23, 2021

You have to hear the Great Stalacpipe Organ to believe it.

On the Atlas Obscura Podcast, Deserts Boom, Names Are Sung, and Silence Rules

We're celebrating the first year of our daily podcast with some episodes that really just sound amazing.

The Podcast Team December 20, 2021

Louis Armstrong and his band perform for a crowd of some 40,000 gathered to greet him at the airport in Accra, Ghana, in the spring of 1956.

How Louis Armstrong Shaped the Sound of Ghana

You can still hear echoes of the trumpeter's 1956 visit in Accra's clubs today.

Laura Kiniry December 7, 2021

Music is central to Bonairian culture. Here, Calixto Coffie, Nacho Alberto, and Frank Evertsz perform.

The All-Day, All-Night Musical Celebrations of Bonaire

The Caribbean island's San Juan and San Pedro festivals are marked with 26 hours of song—and fire jumping.

Rosie Bell December 3, 2021

"All the people that come and go..."

21 Places to Get Back Into the Beatles

A magical mystery tour of the history and legacy of four lads from Liverpool.

Michelle Cassidy December 1, 2021

A trio of Shyvers Multiphones from John Bennett's collection.

Early On-Demand Music Streaming Required Lots of Nickels

In the Pacific Northwest 70-plus years ago, a telephone-based jukebox connected callers to their favorite tunes.

Michelle Harris November 10, 2021

The house’s fine exterior.

Savannah, Georgia

Johnny Mercer’s Childhood Home

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Floridian Social Club

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

Podcast: Hårgaberget

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

The Podcast Team October 27, 2021

Tape machines in the recording studio.

Nashville, Tennessee

Welcome to 1979

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

'Cromatico'

Tallinn, Estonia

'Cromatico'

This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.

Podcast: The Great Stalacpipe Organ

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

The Podcast Team October 20, 2021

The Lyric

Fort Collins, Colorado

The Lyric

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

Pustulus Maximus and Balsac the Jaws of Death of GWAR performing in October 2019 in San Francisco.

The Artist Collective That Brings Heavy Metal Fever Dreams to Life

For nearly 40 years, a rotating cast of artists has made costumes and props for GWAR—the band behind one of the world’s wildest stage shows.

Eric J. Wallace October 1, 2021

Go-go legend Chuck Brown performs with the Chuck Brown Band in 2011 at Ibiza, a now-shuttered D.C. nightclub.

Tracing the Funky Story of D.C. Go-Go, From Parties to Protest

It's not every day that a library archive will make you want to boogie.

April White September 22, 2021