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Narrated by The Drifter 215 km · about 107 min · 21 stories

West along the Missouri into the badlands: the Northern Pacific's push, the Black Sea German homesteaders, Salem Sue — the world's largest Holstein — the Hell Creek fossil beds, the Marquis de Morès' doomed beef empire, and Roosevelt's Maltese Cross cabin.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Bismarck, North Dakota

    The Founding of Bismarck

  2. 2
    Mandan, North Dakota

    The Railroad Heart of Mandan

  3. 3
    Mandan, North Dakota

    Bismarck's State Capitol Construction

  4. 4
    New Salem, North Dakota

    The Anniversary of Salem Sue

  5. 5
    New Salem, North Dakota

    The Black Sea Homesteaders

  6. 6
    New Salem, North Dakota

    The Hell Creek Fossil Record

  7. 7
    Glen Ullin, North Dakota

    The Founding of Glen Ullin

  8. 8
    Glen Ullin, North Dakota

    The Photographic Art of Ivan Dmitri

  9. 9
    Hebron, North Dakota

    The Volga German Urban Migration

  10. 10
    Hebron, North Dakota

    The Hebron Brick Industry

  11. 11
    Richardton, North Dakota

    The Monks of Assumption Abbey

  12. 12
    Richardton, North Dakota

    The Traditions of Horsefest

  13. 13
    Taylor, North Dakota

    The Northern Pacific Railroad Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  14. 14
    Gladstone, North Dakota

    The Northern Pacific Railroad Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  15. 15
    Dickinson, North Dakota

    The Northern Pacific Railroad Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  16. 16
    Dickinson, North Dakota

    The Dickinson Radar Watch

  17. 17
    Dickinson, North Dakota

    The Mining Heritage of South Heart

  18. 18
    Belfield, North Dakota

    The Marquis de Mores' Ambition

  19. 19
    Belfield, North Dakota

    Life Inside the Chateau de Mores

  20. 20
    Medora, North Dakota

    The Modern Life of Medora

  21. 21
    Medora, North Dakota

    Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.