Turns out Nelson County, VA is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Nelson County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Swannanoa
Marble on the Mountain
A Gilded Age marriage written across Afton Mountain in marble.
Wintergreen Resort
How a Blue Ridge Mountaintop Taught Virginia to Ski
Wintergreen’s rise as a beginner-friendly ski mountain in Nelson County.
Wintergreen Resort
Making Winter on a Virginia Mountainside
How ambition, steep slopes, and snowmaking built a ski destination in Virginia.
Oak Ridge Estate
Fortune Comes Home to Oak Ridge
How Thomas Fortune Ryan brought Gilded Age scale back to Nelson County.
Swannanoa
Swannanoa’s Many Second Lives
A marble mountaintop mansion that kept being asked to become something else.
Swannanoa
Marble for Sallie May
How Swannanoa turned wealth, love, and ambition into mountain-top marble.
Nelson County
When Camille Reached the Blue Ridge
A night of rain, mud, and loss in Nelson County.
Massies Mill
The Night Massies Mill Was Swept Away
A rural community where flood loss became lasting memory.
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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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