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Retracing Historic Journeys with Elise Wortley

4/24/2025 • 27 min

Adventurer Elise Wortley retraces the footsteps of historic female explorers – and she does it all with no modern gear, no shortcuts, and no guarantees that it is going to work out. Play episode

The Kolache Triangle
Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: 2:30 a.m. in McMurdo Station and 11:45 …
Dylan’s Mailbag: A Disturbing Listener Question
Gnomesville
The Manhattan Well with Lauren Willig
The Alresford Spy Toilet
Why Is Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Sitting Empty?
Animal Takeover (Places Edition)
Lake Natron (Classic)
What Makes a Pest?
On the Hunt for Murder Hornets
The Black American West Museum
Listener Stories of Leaving Home
We Want to Know: What’s a Place You Love That Has Defied Its Bad Reputatio…
Pyramid of Djoser
A Glass Palace in the Arizona Desert
The Last Home Napoleon Would Know
The Cave Below Minneapolis
The 6-Day Race
Times Square Hum (Classic)
President Heads (Classic)
Dreamland Resort
Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon
Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: 7 a.m. in Kelso and 10:30 a.m. in Chote…
Dylan’s Mailbag: Illegal Edition
Tell Us About the First Time You Left Home
Gocta Waterfalls (Classic)
The Real Office Space Behind Apple TV’s Severance
Chapel Creek Ranch (Classic)
The Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal
What’s the Deal with Leprechauns?
America’s “Quiet Zone" (Classic)
Pulau Tiga, The Island That Made “Survivor”
The Circus Capital of the World
Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Kitchen Staff at 초밥 사랑 (Chobap S…
The Brutalist (Places Edition)
A Gaga Tour of the Town (Classic)
McAtlas with Gary He
This Dog Stole Madrid’s Heart
Arizona’s Big, Big Souvenir
Trips We Couldn’t Miss
Baobab Fare (Classic)
The Plotz Plot on… TLC’s Sister Wives?
Dylan’s Mailbag: Overrated Landmarks, Exploring Your Own City, and Places …
Cuatro Ciénegas
Are Wild Birds Singing Human Music?
Nasothek Noses (Classic)
Sam Sanders Is a Nature Girly
Martinique’s Doomsday and the Man Who Survived

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