Out of the neon and over Railroad Pass to the dam. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Broadcaster60 km · about 40 min · 9 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
The Origins of Fremont Street
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Las Vegas, Nevada
The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad
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Las Vegas, Nevada
The Greater Roadrunner's Desert Adaptations
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Henderson, Nevada
The 1988 PEPCON Explosion
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Henderson, Nevada
The Three Kids Mine
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Boulder City, Nevada
The Building of Hoover Dam Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Boulder City, Nevada
The Building of Hoover Dam Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Boulder City, Nevada
The Building of Hoover Dam Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Overton, Nevada
The Rise of Casino Gambling
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.