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The History of Wire

Podcast Transcript The modern world runs on metal wires.  These thin metal stran...

The Occupation and Liberation of Paris

Podcast Transcript Of all the cities that experienced the Second World War, one ...

Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium: The Other Precious Me...

Podcast Transcript When I say precious metals, most of you probably immediately ...

All About Fiji

Podcast Transcript Located in the South Pacific is the nation of Fiji.  Fiji is ...

United Airlines Extends Washington DC to Edinburgh Route:

United Airlines is massively upgrading its Washington Dulles (IAD) to Edinburgh ...

Maultaschen

The origins of Germany’s Maultaschen are deliciously devious. Legend has it tha...

Dear Atlas: What’s the Best Way to Travel Solo at 60?

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions yo...

Nectar Soda

Though Cincinnati is best known for breweries, another effervescent beverage ha...

Tiquira

Indigenous Brazilians have fermented alcoholic beverages from the cassava root ...

This Italian Town Really, Really Likes Ocarinas

For thousands of years, humans across the world have played music using some ver...

Raising a Ghost Town From the Dead

Exploring the remnants of the former Brownsville General Hospital was a terrif...

A Surprising New Tail From Jurassic China

One hundred and fifty million years ago, the swamps of Fujian province in southe...

AK Monthly Recap: December 2024

If you’re going to be in northern Europe in December, you need to be prepared fo...

Robert Isom Recalls How American Airlines 777-200 Was F...

Here’s the plaque that’s been installed on ship 7AG (registration N776AN) delive...

REX Domestic Lounge in Sydney. Airport Lounge Review.

Prior to traveling as a passenger aboard an airplane on a domestic flight from S...

United Airlines Abandons Plan to Let AI Control Flight ...

As protracted contract talks drag on, United Airlines has dropped a controversia...

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