Turns out Mercer County, ND is interesting.

TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Mercer County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.

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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Where the Earthlodges Still Speak

A story of Hidatsa village life, trade, loss, and remembrance at Knife River.

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Mercer County

Sheheke’s Journey to Washington

A Mandan chief carried Knife River into the earliest U.S.–Native diplomacy.

HistoryCulturePoliticsListen in the app
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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Reading a Village in the Prairie

How archaeology made Hidatsa village life visible on the ground.

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Knife River

Why a Small River Built Big Villages

How the Knife River’s water and soil sustained a farming world.

HistoryCultureNatureListen in the app
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Lake Sakakawea

When a River Valley Became Shoreline

How Lake Sakakawea remade Mercer County in the 1950s.

HistoryNatureLandmarksListen in the app
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Like-a-Fishhook Village Historic Site

Where the Upper Missouri Came to Terms

After catastrophe, one village became the political heart of a remade world.

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Fort Clark State Historic Site

Where the Missouri Became a Trading Room

A muddy crossroads of trade, art, and devastating change.

HistoryCultureArtListen in the app
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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Where the Knife River Held a Nation of Trade

An earthlodge world of farming, exchange, and survival on the northern Plains.

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