Highway 1 through Big Sur. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Chronicler151 km · about 123 min · 23 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Monterey, California
Monterey's Old Custom House
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Carmel, California
Building the Royal Presidio
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Carmel, California
The Whaling History of Point Lobos
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Carmel, California
Cannery Row Industrial Rise
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Carmel, California
Governing the Carmel Art Colony
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Monterey, California
Steinbeck's Monterey Literary Muse
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Big Sur, California
The Point Sur Lighthouse
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Big Sur, California
The Origins of Deetjen's Inn
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Big Sur, California
Robinson Jeffers's Stone Poetry Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Big Sur, California
Robinson Jeffers's Stone Poetry Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Big Sur, California
Robinson Jeffers's Stone Poetry Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Big Sur, California
The History of McWay Falls
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Big Sur, California
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Origins
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Big Sur, California
Engineering the Big Creek Bridge
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Big Sur, California
The Santa Lucia's Rugged Ascent
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Big Sur, California
The Rockland Lime Operation
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Big Sur, California
The Henry Miller Memorial Library
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Big Sur, California
The Los Burros Gold Rush
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Big Sur, California
Engineering the Bixby Creek Bridge
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Big Sur, California
The Bohemian Reputation of Big Sur
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San Simeon, California
The San Carpóforo Canyon Expedition
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San Simeon, California
The Engineering of Neptune Pool
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San Simeon, California
Building La Cuesta Encantada
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.