The Overseas Highway, island by island. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Storyteller257 km · about 191 min · 39 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Miami, Florida
The Origins of Ultra
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Miami, Florida
George Merrick’s Mediterranean Vision Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Miami, Florida
George Merrick’s Mediterranean Vision Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Miami, Florida
George Merrick’s Mediterranean Vision Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Miami, Florida
The Model Land Company
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Cutler Bay, Florida
The Redland Farming Frontier
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Homestead, Florida
The Founding of Monkey Jungle
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Homestead, Florida
The Everglades Drainage Projects
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Florida City, Florida
The Overseas Railroad
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Homestead, Florida
Building the Homestead Miami Speedway
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Homestead, Florida
The Everglades Alligator Farm
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Homestead, Florida
The Card Sound Bridge
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Key Largo, Florida
REEF Fest in Key Largo
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Key Largo, Florida
The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane
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Key Largo, Florida
The African Queen's Hollywood Legacy
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Key Largo, Florida
The Florida Reef Wrecking Trade
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Tavernier, Florida
The Flagship of the 1733 Fleet
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Tavernier, Florida
The Two African Queen Boats
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Islamorada, Florida
The Dutch Galleon San Pedro
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Islamorada, Florida
The Herrera Shipwreck Discovery
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Islamorada, Florida
The Wrecking Colony of Indian Key
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Islamorada, Florida
The Wreck of the Angustias
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Long Key, Florida
The Indian Key Massacre
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Long Key, Florida
The 1929 Bahamas Hurricane
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Grassy Key, Florida
The Green Iguana Invasion
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Marathon, Florida
The Gentle West Indian Manatee
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Marathon, Florida
The Sombrero Key Light
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Marathon, Florida
The Turtle Hospital's Origins
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Marathon, Florida
The Pigeon Key Bridge Camp
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Big Pine Key, Florida
The Key Deer's Island Evolution
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Big Pine Key, Florida
The American Alligator's Survival
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Big Pine Key, Florida
The Underwater Music Festival
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Ramrod Key, Florida
The American Shoal Light
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Cudjoe Key, Florida
The Conch Republic Secession
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Sugarloaf Key, Florida
The Cudjoe Key Aerostats
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Sugarloaf Key, Florida
The Hemingway Years in Key West Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Key West, Florida
The Hemingway Years in Key West Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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East Rockland Key, Florida
The Hemingway Years in Key West Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Key West, Florida
The Hidden Arsenal of Fort Taylor
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.