Narrated by The ChroniclerFocus: Horse Racing & Bourbon125 km · about 78 min · 16 stories
Through the Bluegrass from Churchill Downs to Keeneland: the architecture of the Derby, the limestone water under the bourbon, E.H. Taylor's distilling empire, and the rise and fall of Calumet Farm — eight Derby winners, then ruin.
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Belle of Louisville
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Architecture of the Derby Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Architecture of the Derby Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Architecture of the Derby Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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.