Turns out Bedford city, VA is interesting.
TourPods has 10 narrated audio stories about Bedford city — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Legacy Museum of African American History
Beyond the Courthouse Lawn
A museum gathers the Black history local monuments often leave out.
Buford's Tavern
Where the Beale Mystery Parts Company With the Tavern
A historic tavern, a famous pamphlet, and the stubborn difference between legend and proof.
Peaks of Otter
Hidden in the Hollows of the Peaks of Otter
How rugged mountain life helped conceal illicit distilling near the Peaks of Otter.
Elks National Home
A Hilltop Promise in Bedford
How Bedford became home to the Elks’ national retirement community.
Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library
Where Bedford’s Memory Keeps Its Address
A place where Bedford’s people, records, and streets meet.
Avenel
Avenel and the Social Life of Memory
A preserved Bedford house keeps early domestic history in public view.
Bower Center for the Arts
Where a Bedford School Learned a New Purpose
A former elementary school becomes Bedford’s living home for art and performance.
Bedford city
When Bedford Stopped Being a City
A small Virginia community took an unusual path through local government.
National D-Day Memorial
How Bedford’s Grief Became the Nation’s D-Day Memorial
A small town’s losses helped shape a national place of remembrance.
National D-Day Memorial
When Bedford Opened D-Day to the Nation
A small Virginia town gave national form to a day of enormous loss.
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