Turns out Portland, OR is interesting.
TourPods has 167 narrated audio stories about Portland — 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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When Portland Chose Rails Over a Freeway
How Tom McCall helped Portland turn from freeway building toward transit.
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The Racketeer Who Turned on the Shadows
How Jim Elkins helped drag Portland vice into the open.
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
When Portland Chose the River Over the Road
How a downtown freeway became a riverfront park.
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The Mail Bomb That Shook Portland
A federal prosecutor’s killing stunned Oregon and haunted investigators for years.
Huber's Cafe
Where Portland’s Past Arrives on Fire
At Huber’s, an old-age claim and a flaming ritual share the same table.
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When a Raincoat Became a Campaign Message
Bud Clark used a joke, a poster, and a public persona to win City Hall.
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Before the Boom, the River Was Already Making Warships
How one riverfront plant made Portland militarily useful long before wartime expansion.
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How Portland Decided to Rewrite City Hall
A volunteer commission helped Portland choose a new way to govern itself.
Lone Fir Cemetery
Where Portland’s Ghost Stories Meet the Ground
At Lone Fir, the city’s haunted lore grows from very real loss.
Hollywood Library
A Library With Ramona Energy
Why a Hollywood branch became a fitting home for Beverly Cleary's name.
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Krist Novoselic Beyond the Roar
After Nirvana, Krist Novoselic stayed loud in music and democracy.
Old Town Chinatown
Where Portland Learned to Haunt Itself
How real history gave Old Town Chinatown its ghostly reputation.
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Portland in the Bloodstream of My Own Private Idaho
How Gus Van Sant fused Portland streets with Shakespearean ambition.
Portland Air National Guard Base
Waiting on the Runway in Portland
A story of constant vigilance above the Pacific Northwest.
Portland Air National Guard Base
Where Portland’s Runways Met the Cold War
How a wartime airfield became Portland’s long-running air-defense post.
Swan Island
From Airfield to Arsenal on Swan Island
How a reclaimed river island became a wartime shipbuilding powerhouse.
Timberline Lodge
A Mountain Lodge Built as Public Pride
How Timberline Lodge turned Depression labor into Northwest identity.
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Vera Katz and the Tracks of a New Portland
How Vera Katz helped turn a streetcar into a city-building idea.
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How Portland Put a Region on the Ballot
A regional government, elected by voters, reshaped growth, parks, and power.
White Eagle Saloon & Hotel
Where the White Eagle Learned to Haunt
A waterfront rooming house became a Portland legend with footsteps upstairs.
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When Portland Became Drugstore Cowboy
How Gus Van Sant turned Portland’s rough edges into indie-film history.
Portland Expo Center
From Fairgrounds to Forced Confinement
How a livestock expo became a holding site for Japanese American families.
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From Members’ Shelves to Everybody’s Library
How Portland’s early book culture grew into a public library system.
Equitable Building
Portland’s Glass Turn
How one downtown tower gave Portland a crisp postwar modern face.
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