Infinite Road
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MarfaTerlingua

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Narrated by The Drifter 177 km · about 105 min · 13 stories

Across the Chihuahuan Desert: Donald Judd's permanent vision at the Chinati Foundation, the filming of Giant, the McDonald Observatory's dark skies, and the quicksilver empire of Terlingua — mercury mines that boomed through two wars and left a ghost town.

The stories

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

  1. 1
    Marfa, Texas

    The Transformation of Marfa

  2. 2
    Marfa, Texas

    The Chinati Foundation's Permanent Vision

  3. 3
    Alpine, Texas

    The Nolte-Rooney House History

  4. 4
    Alpine, Texas

    The McDonald Observatory Peaks

  5. 5
    Alpine, Texas

    The Memory of Arlington Southwest

  6. 6
    Alpine, Texas

    The Marfa Filming of Giant

  7. 7
    Alpine, Texas

    The Legacy of Sul Ross

  8. 8
    Alpine, Texas

    The Chisos Mountains Landscape

  9. 9
    Alpine, Texas

    The Origins of Arick Village

  10. 10
    Terlingua, Texas

    The Quicksilver Empire of Terlingua Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  11. 11
    Terlingua, Texas

    The Quicksilver Empire of Terlingua Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  12. 12
    Terlingua, Texas

    The Quicksilver Empire of Terlingua Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  13. 13
    Terlingua, Texas

    The Global Reach of Quicksilver

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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.