Infinite Road
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Richmond → Charlottesville

West on I-64 toward Monticello and the Blue Ridge. Tap a numbered dot and listen.

Narrated by The Historian 115 km · about 71 min · 15 stories

The stories

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

  1. 1
    Richmond, Virginia

    Richmond's Second African Burial Ground

  2. 2
    Richmond, Virginia

    The Richmond Locomotive Works

  3. 3
    Henrico, Virginia

    The Battle of Yellow Tavern

  4. 4
    Henrico, Virginia

    The Oratory of Patrick Henry

  5. 5
    Manakin Sabot, Virginia

    The Huguenot Settlement at Manakin

  6. 6
    Maidens, Virginia

    The Federalist Legacy of Woodlawn

  7. 7
    Mineral, Virginia

    The Shady Grove School Legacy

  8. 8
    Gum Spring, Virginia

    The James River Canal Project

  9. 9
    Louisa, Virginia

    The Virginia Gold Rush

  10. 10
    Louisa, Virginia

    The Preservation of Green Springs

  11. 11
    Louisa, Virginia

    The Louisa Railroad Expansion

  12. 12
    Zion Crossroads, Virginia

    The Wheat Farmers of Green Springs

  13. 13
    Keswick, Virginia

    The Architectural Evolution of Monticello

  14. 14
    Charlottesville, Virginia

    Founding the University of Virginia

  15. 15
    Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Monticello Wine Company

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.