Along the Mississippi past the River Road parishes. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Historian131 km · about 74 min · 15 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The Rhythms of Congo Square
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Metairie, Louisiana
The Defense of New Orleans
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Metairie, Louisiana
The Origins of Kenner
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Destrehan, Louisiana
The Construction of Destrehan Plantation
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La Place, Louisiana
The Roots of Andouille
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La Place, Louisiana
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Reserve, Louisiana
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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La Place, Louisiana
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Convent, Louisiana
The Acadian Migration to Louisiana
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Sorrento, Louisiana
The American Alligator's Survival
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Gonzales, Louisiana
Gonzales Jambalaya Festival Tradition
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Geismar, Louisiana
The Industrial Corridor’s Human Cost Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Prairieville, Louisiana
The Industrial Corridor’s Human Cost Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Industrial Corridor’s Human Cost Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Huey Long's Political Machine
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.