Northwest to the lead-mine town time forgot. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Historian264 km · about 161 min · 33 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Chicago, Illinois
The SS Eastland Tragedy
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Chicago, Illinois
The Northwestern Terra Cotta Company
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Chicago, Illinois
The Origins of Superdawg
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Chicago, Illinois
The Rise of O'Hare Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Des Plaines, Illinois
The Rise of O'Hare Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Rolling Meadows, Illinois
The Rise of O'Hare Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Woodfield Mall's Suburban Vision
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Hoffman Estates, Illinois
The Black Hawk War Conflict
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Sleepy Hollow, Illinois
The Origins of Pinkerton Agency
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Gilberts, Illinois
The Fox River Trolley Line
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Hampshire, Illinois
The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Marengo, Illinois
The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Marengo, Illinois
The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Belvidere, Illinois
The 1967 Belvidere Tornado
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Belvidere, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright's Belvidere Chapel
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Rockford, Illinois
Rockford's Furniture Manufacturing Era
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Rockford, Illinois
The Rockford Peaches at Beyer Stadium
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Rockford, Illinois
The Barber-Colman Industrial Complex
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Winnebago, Illinois
The Monarch Butterfly Migration
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Pecatonica, Illinois
The Founding of Pecatonica
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Pecatonica, Illinois
The Trumpeter Swan's Return
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Ridott, Illinois
The Galena–Chicago Stagecoach Trail
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Freeport, Illinois
The Jane Addams Birthplace
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Freeport, Illinois
The Battle of Apple River Fort
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Freeport, Illinois
The Illinois Central Railroad Expansion
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Lena, Illinois
Geology of the Driftless Area
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Lena, Illinois
Stockton's Rail and Cheese Origins
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Stockton, Illinois
The Townsend House Architecture
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Stockton, Illinois
General John E. Smith
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Elizabeth, Illinois
Elizabeth Armstrong of Apple River
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Hanover, Illinois
The Galena Lead Mining Boom
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Galena, Illinois
Grant's Return to Galena
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Galena, Illinois
Origins of the Fever River
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.