TourPodsTurns out you live somewhere interesting.
TourPods turns wherever you're standing into narrated audio stories — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of the places you actually live, work, and wander. Not just the tourist stops.
Free to download — your first 20 stories are on us. No credit card required.
The Gold Rush Ships Buried Beneath the Streets
Dozens of abandoned ships from 1849 still lie under the Financial District — some now basements, one a buried jail.
A story feed for the real world
around you.
Open the app anywhere in the U.S., pick your obsessions, and press play — your personal tour guide starts talking.
Stories wherever you stand
TourPods finds the fascinating history hiding in plain sight. Open the app anywhere and hear what happened right where you are — no itinerary, no research, no guidebook.
Tuned to your obsessions
True crime? Haunted history? Food, sports, architecture? Pick from 19 story categories and TourPods builds a personalized feed of local stories around you, researched for you.
Listens like a podcast
Every story is fully narrated. Press play and keep walking, driving, or exploring — hands in your pockets, eyes on the world, not on a screen.
Explore anywhere in the U.S.
Not just where you are — drop a pin anywhere in the country and hear its stories. Preview a road trip, scout a new neighborhood, or wander a town you've never visited.
Don't take our word for it. Press play.
Real stories from the TourPods catalog, ready to listen to right here — Ohtani's impossible routine, Mondavi's Napa gamble, Brubeck's first rhythm, and more.
Orange County, CA
Where Ohtani Made the Impossible Routine
In Anaheim, Shohei Ohtani turned a daring idea into baseball history.
Napa, CA
Robert Mondavi’s Gamble on Napa
How one winemaker helped turn Napa into a global name.
Lafayette, CA
Where Dave Brubeck Found His First Rhythm
A Northern California childhood helped shape a singular jazz voice.
Irvine, CA
From Irvine High to the Olympic Podium
How Amanda Beard’s local beginnings led to lasting Olympic greatness.
Walnut Creek, CA
From Heather Farm to Olympic Water
How a Walnut Creek club turned local routines into national and Olympic medals.
31,000+ stories hiding in plain sight.
TourPods has 31,000+ stories across 3110 cities and counting — and it's expanding county by county toward all 3,143 in America. New stories are researched every day.
Browse stories by city and county
Start free. Stay for $6 a year.
Your first 20 stories are free — four times what other audio guides give you. After that, a year of unlimited listening costs less than a single sandwich.
Free
$0to start
- 20 full stories on us
- No credit card required
- Browse and skip freely — only plays count
Yearly
$6per year
- Unlimited stories, everywhere we cover
- Every category, every city
- Less than most apps charge per month
Monthly
$0.99per month
- Unlimited stories
- Cancel anytime
- Switch to yearly whenever
Prices in USD. Subscriptions are billed through the App Store and can be canceled anytime.
Questions, answered.
Is TourPods free?
Yes — downloading is free and your first 20 stories are on us, no credit card required. After that, TourPods is $6 a year or $0.99 a month.
Where does TourPods work?
TourPods covers U.S. locations, and coverage grows every day — from big-city landmarks to small-town legends. You can also drop a pin anywhere in the country and listen to stories from there.
Who writes the stories?
Stories are AI-written and grounded in researched facts about each place, then narrated as audio. Every story starts from a fact base about the location, and we continuously review and improve the catalog.
How is this different from road-trip audio guides?
Road-trip apps light up at famous destinations. TourPods is for the other 350 days a year — it has stories about the places you actually live, commute through, and wander, not just the tourist stops.
Your next story is right around the corner.
Download TourPods and hear what your neighborhood has been waiting to tell you.