Infinite Road
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New Orleans → Baton Rouge

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Narrated by The Historian 131 km · about 74 min · 15 stories

Along the Mississippi past Congo Square, Destrehan Plantation, and the River Road parishes. The heavy hitters: the Great Flood of 1927, the Acadian migration, the industrial corridor's human cost, and Huey Long's political machine at the capitol he built and died in.

The stories

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

  1. 1
    New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Rhythms of Congo Square

  2. 2
    Metairie, Louisiana

    The Defense of New Orleans

  3. 3
    Metairie, Louisiana

    The Origins of Kenner

  4. 4
    Destrehan, Louisiana

    The Construction of Destrehan Plantation

  5. 5
    La Place, Louisiana

    The Roots of Andouille

  6. 6
    La Place, Louisiana

    The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  7. 7
    Reserve, Louisiana

    The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  8. 8
    La Place, Louisiana

    The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  9. 9
    Convent, Louisiana

    The Acadian Migration to Louisiana

  10. 10
    Sorrento, Louisiana

    The American Alligator's Survival

  11. 11
    Gonzales, Louisiana

    Gonzales Jambalaya Festival Tradition

  12. 12
    Geismar, Louisiana

    The Industrial Corridor’s Human Cost Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  13. 13
    Prairieville, Louisiana

    The Industrial Corridor’s Human Cost Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  14. 14
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    The Industrial Corridor’s Human Cost Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  15. 15
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Huey Long's Political Machine

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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.