Turns out Santa Rosa, CA is interesting.
TourPods has 27 narrated audio stories about Santa Rosa — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Hood Mansion
How a Family Mansion Became Santa Rosa’s Ghost Legend
A private estate, years of abandonment, and the folklore that filled the silence.
Keysight Technologies headquarters campus
How Santa Rosa Became a Home for Precision
From Hewlett and Packard to Keysight, Santa Rosa’s quiet transformation into a measurement hub.
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How Schulz Drew Peanuts Into Santa Rosa
A cartoonist’s daily work and love of skating reshaped a city’s identity.
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
How a Memorial Became Sonoma County’s Big Stage
A county’s cultural ambitions found a home under a familiar name.
Railroad Square Historic District
When the Depot Became Santa Rosa’s Front Door
How rail service pulled Santa Rosa’s center of gravity westward.
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Depot
When the Tracks Moved Santa Rosa West
How a depot helped build Railroad Square and outlast the age of rail.
Old Courthouse Square
When the Courthouse Fell in Santa Rosa
How one collapse came to hold a city's memory of disaster.
Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport
Where Hayfields Became Runways
A wartime airfield reshaped Sonoma County and never really left.
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When Santa Rosa Chose to Govern Itself
How county-seat politics pushed Santa Rosa into cityhood in 1868.
Hotel La Rose
Hotel La Rose and Santa Rosa’s Rebuilding Spirit
A brick hotel that tells Santa Rosa’s post-earthquake comeback.
Trione-Annadel State Park
Where Volcanic Ground Became a Park
A landscape shaped by tools, quarrying, fire, and return.
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Before the Oddities, a Santa Rosa Boy With a Pencil
How Santa Rosa shaped Robert Ripley before fame found him.
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How a Santa Rosa Cyclist Turned a Ride Into a Ritual
Levi Leipheimer helped make Sonoma County’s roads a shared stage.
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Before Dawn, Santa Rosa Broke and Rebuilt
A city center shattered in the dark, then remade by its people.
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From Baldwin Park to Santa Rosa
A family burger stand becomes a California institution.
Redwood Empire Ice Arena
Where Snoopy Meets the Ice
How a family passion became a public Santa Rosa landmark.
Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
The Man Who Made Santa Rosa Bloom
How Luther Burbank turned a home garden into a stage for plant invention.
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A Community Orchestra That Kept Playing
How a Sonoma County ensemble became a lasting cultural anchor.
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
Where Peanuts Found a Home in Santa Rosa
How Charles Schulz’s hometown museum turned memory into a living place.
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The Night Petaluma Changed
How one kidnapping reshaped a community and its sense of safety.
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When Hitchcock Let Santa Rosa Play Itself
How ordinary Santa Rosa locations became the heart of a 1943 thriller.
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Where Santa Rosa’s Wildlife Still Finds a Way
A hidden wetland ties together habitat, history, and flood protection.
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How Levi Leipheimer Helped Make Santa Rosa Cycling Country
A champion rider and a city grew into one another on California roads.
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How Santa Rosa Grew the Shasta Daisy
A patient breeding experiment that turned into a garden classic.
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