Turns out Onondaga County, NY is interesting.

TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Onondaga 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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Clinton Square

Where Syracuse Gathered by the Canal

How a wet crossroads became Syracuse’s public stage.

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Onondaga County

When a Rescue Put Syracuse on Trial

A fugitive’s rescue turned Syracuse into a symbol of anti-slavery resistance.

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Hancock Field Air National Guard Base

Where Syracuse Learned to Live With Readiness

How a city airport became a Cold War watchpost.

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Hancock Field Air National Guard Base

From Runway to Remote: Syracuse’s 174th Changes the Mission

How a Syracuse military unit reinvented itself without leaving home.

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Onondaga County

When Syracuse Refused to Give Jerry Back

A city’s open defiance of the Fugitive Slave Act

HistoryPoliticsCultureListen in the app
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Erie Canal Museum

Where Syracuse Weighed the Canal

A surviving weighlock reveals how canal commerce once ran through downtown Syracuse.

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Onondaga County

Where the Central Fire Was Kept

How Onondaga became the political heart of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

HistoryCulturePoliticsListen in the app
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Onondaga Nation Reservation

The Treaty That Still Burns at the Central Fire

How a 1794 treaty still shapes the Onondaga Nation’s place in Central New York.

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