It’s simple. It’s delicious. It’s the chopped cheese.#immigration #sandwiches #culture #history&culture #food #podcastinternal #section-Articles
NYC’s Favorite ‘Folk Sandwich’

Finding a new backpack needn’t be a weighty decision.#section-Articles
Leader of the Packs

Invented by one of America’s Founding Fathers, this musical instrument became the center of a medical malpractice scandal.#glass #science #history #musichistory #music #podcastinternal #section-Articles
The Glass Armonica: The Strange History of the Instrument Benjamin Franklin Invented

The Atlas Obscura team answers audience questions about all things solo travel.#memory #relationships #parenting #travel #podcastinternal #section-Articles
AO Mailbag: Is It Rude to Travel Without Your Significant Other?

Actor and comedian Paul Scheer can’t go back to these places without cringing.#comic #horses #disney #fires #comedy #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Paul Scheer’s Top 3 Embarrassing Places

Travel through time—and all five boroughs—for these time-tested classics.#section-Articles
Food for the Ages: 7 Historical NYC Dishes You Can Still Order Today

At the height of segregation when everywhere else was divided, Black and white people danced together to the biggest R&B acts of the time at Charlie’s Place.#section-Articles
In conversation with Rhym Guissé, host of our podcast Charlie’s Place

Charlie’s Place was revolutionary, and that meant it was dangerous.#podcastinternal #section-Articles
Introducing: Charlie’s Place

Opened in 1911, Ota Tofu makes its products following a traditional, time-consuming recipe—but it’s worth the wait.#section-Articles
Inside America’s Oldest Tofu Shop

August 26th, 1950 was the night that changed Myrtle Beach. It changed Charlie and the impact reverberated throughout the south.#history&culture #blackhistory #clubs #civilrights #racism #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Charlie’s Place Episode 5: All Costs

This art installation has been lovingly looked after for decades by a single caretaker.#arthistory #dirt #art #podcastinternal #section-Articles
The New York Earth Room Contains 280,000 Pounds of Dirt

Corita Kent: How a Nun Became a Revolutionary Pop Artist#revolution #religion #christianity #museums #arthistory #art #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Corita Kent: How a Nun Became a Revolutionary Pop Artist

Australian lyrebirds can imitate car horns, chainsaws ... and beautiful flute music.#law #musicalinstruments #musichistory #songs #music #birds #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Did Lyrebirds Steal These Songs From Humans?

Listeners to the Atlas Obscura podcsat share their stories of life-changing trips.#music #trips #olympics #bug #forests #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Life-Changing Trips: Olympics, Cicadas, and Once-in-a-Lifetime Concerts

There’s much mystery surrounding Charlie Fitzgerald and who he was before Myrtle Beach. Before he was Charlie Fitzgerald he was Lucious Rucker. So who is Lucious Rucker?#history&culture #blackhistory #racism #civilrights #clubs #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Charlie’s Place Episode 4: Mr. Nobody From Nowhere

Roaming Madrid in the 1880s, Paco the dog was a friend to artists and writers who chronicled his adventures in the newspapers.#cafe #animals #dogs #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Was Paco the First Celebrity Dog?

For decades, Rolando Pujol has traveled across the country to photohraph historic roadside attractions. These are some of his favorites.#section-Articles
A Quest to Capture America’s Greatest Roadside Attractions

This luxurious edition of the Persian poetry collection went down with the Titanic in 1912.#writers #literature #calendars #astronomy #persia #poetry #history #books #podcastinternal #section-Articles
The Bejewled ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ at the Bottom of the Ocean

London Bridge was falling down, so the city put it up for auction.#voodoo #auctions #architecture #lakes #history #bridges #podcastinternal #section-Articles
Who Moved London Bridge to Arizona?

This global guide to McDonald’s covers everything from Thailand’s corn pie à la mode to Sweden’s ski-thru window on the side of a mountain.#burger #architecture #food #cultures #fastfood #mcdonalds #podcastinternal #section-Articles
‘McAtlas’ Explores the World’s Most Unique McDonald’s Locations—and Dishes