The city is the show.
You just press play.
Hilarious stories about real places. A narrator who's confidently wrong about half of it. And a game at the end to see if you were paying attention. It's like a podcast that knows where you are.
Not a tour. An experience.
We find the best stories — the scandals, the secrets, the surprising stuff — and tell them in a way that's actually entertaining.
Stories, Not Facts
Not boring facts. Real stories about real places — told by someone who knows how to make them interesting.
Part Game
Most of it's true. Some of it we made up. At the end, you guess which is which. It's harder than you think.
No Group. No Schedule.
Start when you want. Pause for coffee. No group to keep up with. The audio plays as you go.
Better with friends
Exploring with a group? Add up to 3 friends to any tour for just $4.99. Everyone gets the full experience on their own phone — same stories, same game, same fun.
Talk back to the narrator
Curious about something you heard? Think we got it wrong? Just ask. Our AI historian will answer in character — which means the answer might also be a lie.
Where are you headed?
Each city has its own episodes, stories, and surprises.
Good places to start
Your first one is free. No credit card. Just press play.
Museum Campus
Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams
The story of three world-class museums built on fifty-seven acres of garbage, one controversial stadium, and a midnight bulldozer raid.
History Tour
The Loop
Steel, Stone, and Ego
After the Great Fire, Chicago handed the keys to a bunch of ambitious architects and said — fix this. What followed was a century of skyscrapers, scandals, and egos the size of the buildings themselves. You'll meet the man who invented "form follows function" and died broke, a political dynasty that turned one building into a fifty-times fortune, and an artist who REALLY wishes you'd stop calling his sculpture "the bean."
Architecture Tour
Lincoln Park
The Best Free Day in Chicago
One of America's oldest free zoos. A Victorian glass house. A hidden garden designed by a man who cashed in his life insurance for flowers. And roughly twelve thousand unmarked graves. All free.
Neighborhood Tour
Central Paris
The Postcard Tour
Chicago's greatest hits — and the stories behind them. A river that flows backward, buildings covered in stolen rocks, towers that look like corn cobs, and a giant bean made by a man who wishes you'd stop calling it a bean.
Highlights Tour
"Way better than I expected. The stories were actually interesting and my kids loved trying to catch the fake facts. We still argue about which ones were real."
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