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An Indian village is home to one of the world’s oldest and greatest ornithological mysteries. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jatinga-bird-suicide

Luz Flemming explores the home where he grew up, Libre - one of the longest lasting intentional communities still exists.

Green Bank, West Virginia is free of wifi and cell signals due to the massive telescope nearby that requires radio silence.   READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/town-for-wi-fi-refugees

Today, a sampling of listener-submitted stories of summer adventures from the wild, strange and wonderful world in which we live. 

Forty-two school buses have been buried in Horning’s Mills, Ontario - covered in concrete, they’re house up to 500 people in case of nuclear fallout.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ark-two-shelter

This ancient temple complex in Northern Lebanon is one of the most well-preserved Roman ruins on earth, and one of the most overlooked.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/baalbek-trilithon

One of the world’s tallest waterfalls is nestled In Northwestern Peru, right where the Amazon rainforest crashes into the Andes Mountains. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gocta

This ranch in Sanger, Texas trains people in jousting and sword-fighting with the goal of making them knights of the highest order - for the Medieval Times dinner theater chain.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/behind-the-scenes-at-medieval-times-where-knights-battle-and-pepsi-is-plentiful

Whiting Writer’s Award, Best Literary Criticism award winner, and author of several critically-praised books, Lucy Sante speaks with host Dylan Thuras about digging into place and how our relationship to places can shape our identities.  To check out Lucy Sante’s work, please visit:  https://lucysante.com/

Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team are on a mission to grow the Atlas community and include more wonderful and curious locations from Africa, Asia and South America.  Two recent entries that caught their eyes include a market in Medeber, Eritrea and a women’s center in Kigali, Rwanda.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/medeber-market https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nyamirambo-womens-center

On the outskirts of Oslo, Norway, there’s a mausoleum some say is the city’s “best kept secret.” It’s the underrated masterpiece of a mostly unknown artist -- an artist who was overshadowed his whole life by his more successful brother.   READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/emanuel-vigeland-museum

Like a lot of historic neighborhoods, the sidewalks of Fairhaven in Bellingham, WA, are studded with small plaques commemorating local history. But unlike other neighborhoods, the markers in Fairhaven are a little bit darker, and a little bit weirder.Thanks to Bellinghistory with the Good Time Girls. Learn more about their walking tours here: https://bellinghistory.com/   READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harris-avenue-fairhaven

At one time thirty thousand Africans per year were forced through Elmina Castle in Ghana, before they were taken across the world as part of the trans-atlantic slave trade.

Built on a tiny island in Antarctica, the “loneliest post office in the world” got its start as a top-secret British military outpost during World War II—and became beloved by stamp collectors around the world. Learn more about the British Antarctic Survey: bas.ac.uk READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/loneliest-post-office-antarctica 

These Argentinian parrots have made an unlikely home in a Brooklyn, NY cemetery. 

A disaster in a seaside town got locals wondering about government conspiracies, weather control, and if human beings could actually, truly for real, make it rain.

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade isn’t linked to a holiday, religious affiliation or corporate celebration – it’s a celebration of having fun and getting a little weird.    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coney-island-mermaid-parade

In 1954, two groups of boys thought they were going to summer camp. But they’d been recruited for a different kind of summer experience.

This garden in Lynchburg, Virginia is the key to unlocking the writing and mind of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer.

In Mitchell, South Dakota there stands a massive building covered in murals that are made completely from… corn!  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-corn-palace-mitchell-south-dakota