TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Evanston — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Union Pacific Railroad Roundhouse and Machine Shop
Inside Evanston’s hottest, noisiest railroad workplace.
Chinese Joss House Museum
A surviving joss house reveals how Chinese immigrants built belonging under pressure.
Evanston Chinatown Historic District
A railroad-town Chinatown lived under scrutiny, and endured anyway.
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A county was born, but the railroad had already picked its capital.
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A county shrank, but its center held.
Evanston
A railroad town named for the man who helped place it.
Union Pacific Railroad Roundhouse and Machine Shop
How a railroad service hub turned a stop on the line into a town.
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How Evanston began as a railroad town, not a trail town.
TourPods narrates the hidden history, true crime, and local lore of wherever you're standing. Your first 20 stories are free — no credit card required.
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