Infinite Road
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KrakówZakopane

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Narrated by The Storyteller 106 km · about 98 min · 16 stories

Into the highlands of the górale: the Benedictine abbey at Tyniec, the royal route to the Tatras, Witkiewicz inventing the Zakopane style, the Obłazowa Cave boomerang — carved from mammoth tusk — and the mountain rescue service the peaks made necessary.

The stories

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  1. 1
    Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Grunwald Monument Legacy

  2. 2
    Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    Stanisław Witkiewicz and Zakopane Style

  3. 3
    Libertów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec

  4. 4
    Mogilany, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Skawinka River Settlement

  5. 5
    Głogoczów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Royal Route to the Tatras

  6. 6
    Jawornik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Rural Landscape of Siepraw

  7. 7
    Myślenice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Origins of Myślenice

  8. 8
    Pcim, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Rural Character of Wiśniowa

  9. 9
    Naprawa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Founding of Jordanów

  10. 10
    Skawa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Goral Highlander Culture

  11. 11
    Rdzawka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Legend of the Healing Spring

  12. 12
    Klikuszowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    Vernacular Wooden Architecture of Poland

  13. 13
    Nowy Targ, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    Nowy Targ Vocational University History

  14. 14
    Nowy Targ, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    Nowy Targ Royal Charter

  15. 15
    Bańska Niżna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The Obłazowa Cave Discoveries

  16. 16
    Biały Dunajec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

    The History of Tatra Rescue

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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.