On March 15, 2021, Atlas Obscura launched its first, long-awaited podcast: a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places. Now, more than 150 episodes and seven million downloads later, we’re remembering why we embarked on this project in the first place—some stories you just need to hear. It’s one thing to read about an organ created by striking stalactites in a massive cave. It’s something else entirely to listen to a composition played on it. Each episode of the podcast features great audio storytelling and fascinating…


