Turns out Las Vegas, NV is interesting.
TourPods has 162 narrated audio stories about Las Vegas — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Las Vegas
How Frank Rosenthal Became Ace Rothstein
The real casino operator behind a memorable movie character.
Pioneer Saloon
Where Goodsprings Keeps Its Ghosts
A mining-town saloon where local memory and ghost lore still meet.
Springs Preserve
Nevada’s Past, Told Like a Treasure Hunt
At Springs Preserve, Nevada history unfolds as a trail of clues for curious families.
Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse
Where Las Vegas Power Meets Federal Judgment
A downtown courthouse where public power is tested in open court.
Las Vegas
The Night Vegas Learned to Wink
A caper film turned real Strip casinos into a polished, crooked dream.
Nellis Air Force Base
Where the Desert Taught Pilots to Survive
How Nellis became the Air Force’s classroom for realistic air combat.
Las Vegas
When Las Vegas Became Gonzo Country
How two real Vegas assignments became a defining literary fever dream.
Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Beyond the Neon
Charles Bock’s novel turns Las Vegas into a lived-in, literary landscape.
Nellis Air Force Base
From Desert Gunnery School to Nellis
How a wartime training field became the foundation of Nellis Air Force Base.
Las Vegas Strip
How a Movie Taught the World to See the Strip
Elvis, Ann-Margret, and the real Las Vegas that became fantasy.
Nellis Air Force Base
The Name Over the Valley
How one Nevada pilot’s loss became a lasting military name.
Nellis Air Force Base
Where First Combat Missions Happen Before War
How Nellis turned hard lessons into realistic rehearsal.
Nellis Air Force Base
Why the Thunderbirds Settled Over Las Vegas
How weather, airspace, and training made Nellis the Thunderbirds’ lasting home.
Las Vegas
The Night Elvis Reclaimed the Stage
How one Las Vegas opening helped redefine the superstar residency.
Stardust Resort and Casino site
The Real Casino Behind the Tangiers
How a fictional casino captured a very real Las Vegas power structure.
Las Vegas Strip
Where the Sands Learned to Swing
How one showroom fused casino glamour with live-band cool.
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
Battle Born at the Old Fort
At an old fort, Las Vegas remembers Nevada’s rushed wartime birth.
Creech Air Force Base
From Desert Training Field to Drone Hub
How Indian Springs changed with the changing mission of military flight.
Las Vegas
Where the Mint 400 Met Fear and Loathing
A desert race that accidentally drove into American literary history.
Las Vegas
The Senator Who Put Southern Nevada on the Air Map
How Pat McCarran turned Senate power into runways, bases, and a lasting name.
Bellagio
When Bellagio Taught the Strip to Dress Up
A desert resort that traded gimmick for grandeur.
MGM Grand Las Vegas
When the MGM Grand Glowed Emerald
A bold Las Vegas resort captured the family-megaresort mood of the 1990s.
Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum
Zak Bagans and Las Vegas After Dark
How one TV ghost hunter made a different kind of Vegas attraction.
Las Vegas
Sammy Davis Jr. Lit the Strip
A dazzling performer who helped force Las Vegas to change.
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