Turns out Riverside, CA is interesting.
TourPods has 89 narrated audio stories about Riverside — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
UCR ARTS / Culver Center of the Arts
How Riverside Learned to Hold Still
A downtown museum turned Riverside into a center for photographic memory.
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The Botanist Who Gave Citrus Science a Language
How Herbert John Webber shaped Riverside citrus science and popularized “clone.”
Bourns, Inc. headquarters
Tiny Parts, Big Riverside
How Marlan and Rosemary Bourns built precision into Riverside’s story.
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The Man Who Moved the Water
How irrigation, not fame, made Riverside’s citrus future possible.
University of California, Riverside
From Citrus Science to a Global Riverside
How a research station helped remake Riverside’s identity.
Riverside Art Museum
How Riverside Made Art Part of Downtown Life
From art center to downtown anchor, Riverside kept widening the circle.
National Orange Show Events Center
When Oranges Became the Main Event
How citrus turned into pageantry in San Bernardino.
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Rosemary Bourns in Riverside’s Tech Story
A co-founder’s place in Riverside’s technology and civic history.
University of California, Riverside
Where Orange Groves Became a University
How citrus science in Riverside grew into a major research university.
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum
How Cheech Marin Helped Riverside Claim Chicano Art
A collector’s long effort gave Riverside a new cultural home.
Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree
The Two Trees That Changed California
How Riverside parent trees turned a Brazilian orange into a California empire.
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John W. North’s Dry Dream for Riverside
How one founder tied water, settlement, and temperance into Riverside’s early identity.
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The Woman Behind Riverside’s Orange Revolution
How Eliza Tibbets helped two trees transform California agriculture.
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How Water Made Riverside
A planned colony turned dry ground into a citrus city.
Riverside Art Museum
Where Julia Morgan Meets California Art
A museum visit that begins with the building itself.
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum
When a Library Became The Cheech
A civic landmark in Riverside takes on a new public life through Chicano art.
Mission Inn Hotel & Spa
When Taft Brought Presidential Shine to the Mission Inn
A president’s visit helped turn Riverside’s grand hotel into a national name.
California Citrus State Historic Park
Where an Orange Remade Riverside
How one fruit turned Riverside into a symbol of California’s citrus rise.
University of California, Riverside
Where Riverside Learned to Read the Insect World
A research museum where tiny specimens shaped big agricultural science.
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The Mosquito in the Backyard
How UC Riverside helped explain an invasive mosquito built for human spaces.
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When Plants Inherited More Than Genes in the Nucleus
A quiet plant mystery that changed genetics and farming.
California Museum of Photography at UCR ARTS
How Riverside Became a Capital of 3-D Memory
Why a downtown Riverside museum matters to the history of stereographs.
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When Riverside Bet on Helpful Insects
How Harry Scott Smith helped make biological control a serious science in Riverside.
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Packing Sunshine for the Rails
How Riverside turned oranges into a coordinated national market.
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