Down the Tidewater coast to the Outer Banks. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Broadcaster119 km · about 83 min · 17 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Norfolk, Virginia
The Attucks Theatre
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Chesapeake, Virginia
The Battle of Great Bridge
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Chesapeake, Virginia
The Chesapeake Arboretum Trails
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Chesapeake, Virginia
The Dismal Swamp Canal
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Chesapeake, Virginia
The Maroon Communities of the Swamp
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Chesapeake, Virginia
Northwest River Natural Area Preserve
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Moyock, North Carolina
The Weapemeoc of Albemarle Sound
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Moyock, North Carolina
The Ferebee Family Home Culong
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Moyock, North Carolina
The Currituck County Jail
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Maple, North Carolina
The Coinjock Rosenwald School
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Barco, North Carolina
The Currituck Beach Lighthouse
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Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The U.S. Life-Saving Service
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Grandy, North Carolina
The Grandy School
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Jarvisburg, North Carolina
The Graveyard of the Atlantic
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Powells Point, North Carolina
The Albemarle Sound Archway
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Point Harbor, North Carolina
The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
The Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station
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.