Infinite Road
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Up the 101 along the American Riviera. Tap a numbered dot and listen.

Narrated by The Chronicler 153 km · about 91 min · 19 stories

The stories

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

  1. 1
    Los Angeles, California

    The Displaced Community of Chavez Ravine

  2. 2
    Los Angeles, California

    The Rise of Original Tommy's

  3. 3
    North Hollywood, California

    The Universal Studio Lot

  4. 4
    Sherman Oaks, California

    The Sepulveda Flood Control Basin

  5. 5
    Tarzana, California

    The Life of the Encino Oak

  6. 6
    Woodland Hills, California

    The Warner Bros. Ranch

  7. 7
    Calabasas, California

    Celebrity Culture in Calabasas

  8. 8
    Westlake Village, California

    The 1994 Northridge Earthquake

  9. 9
    Thousand Oaks, California

    The Grand Union Hotel Legacy

  10. 10
    Camarillo, California

    Adolfo Camarillo and His Ranch

  11. 11
    Camarillo, California

    Camarillo State Mental Hospital

  12. 12
    Oxnard, California

    The Oxnard Sugar Beet Industry

  13. 13
    Ventura, California

    The Chumash Rebellion of 1824 Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  14. 14
    Ventura, California

    The Chumash Rebellion of 1824 Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  15. 15
    Ventura, California

    The Chumash Rebellion of 1824 Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  16. 16
    Ventura, California

    The Rincon Sea Level Road

  17. 17
    Carpinteria, California

    The Carpinteria Tar Pits

  18. 18
    Summerland, California

    The Transformation of Montecito

  19. 19
    Santa Barbara, California

    The Tomol Plank Canoe

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.