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The Freedom TrailTour
The Freedom Trail
1 h 17 min · 10 stops · $4.99
How it works
No guide, no group, no fixed start time.
Pick a walk
The Freedom Trail, Savannah after dark, Salem in 1692.
Unlock it once
One price for your group, on up to 4 phones. Pay with Apple Pay and it's yours to keep.
Walk. The stories start on their own
The app plays each story as you reach the stop, phone in your pocket. Or tap through in your browser.
Every pin is a story.
Each one is told for the spot you are standing on. Tap a pin, or let the app play them as you walk.
Just listen. No plaques to read, nothing to search.
You're standing on Boston Common, by the visitor center on the Tremont Street side. Look across the open grass and paths, and up the slope to your right you'll catch a gold dome on the hilltop. That's the State House, your next stop. Now
Walking tours, stop by stop
Pick a walk and scroll. The world flies you from stop to stop.
Stop 1
The Night the Pasture Became a Shore
You're standing on Boston Common, by the visitor center on the Tremont Street side.
Boston Common
Stop 2
Wanted Men Lay a Cornerstone
You've just crossed Boston Common, and now you're on Beacon Street, looking up at the Massachusetts State House.
Massachusetts State House
Stop 3
The Boy Buried Before the Massacre
You're on Tremont Street, just through the heavy stone gateway of the Granary Burying Ground, with the white spire of Park Street Church at your shoulder.
Granary Burying Ground
Stop 4
The Church That Lost Its King
You're standing at the corner of Tremont and School Streets, in front of King's Chapel.
King's Chapel
Stop 5
The Room That Started the Tea Party
You're at the corner of Washington and Milk Streets, in what Bostonians call Downtown Crossing.
Old South Meeting House
Stop 6
The Shooting Below the Lion and Unicorn
You're on Washington Street, looking at the small brick building with the tall tower, boxed in by office towers.
Old State House
Stop 7
The Gift Boston Almost Turned Down
You're standing in Faneuil Hall Square, in front of the red brick building Bostonians have called the Cradle of Liberty for more than 250 years.
Faneuil Hall
Stop 8
A House Full of Revere
You're in North Square, in the heart of the North End, and the dark wooden house on the northwest side of the square is the Paul Revere House.
Paul Revere House
Stop 9
A Patriot Signal From the King's Church
You're on Salem Street in the North End, outside Christ Church, the building all of Boston calls Old North.
Old North Church
Stop 10
See Freedom Trail Walking Tour →Cannon Above, Freedom Below
You're at the top of the North End now, on Copp's Hill, among the slate headstones of the second-oldest burying ground in Boston.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Stop 1
The Wrong Coat on the Post Road
You're standing in Patriots Park, right on the line where Tarrytown meets Sleepy Hollow.
Patriots Park and the Andre Monument
Stop 2
The Miller Whose Name Survived
You're standing at the Upper Mills of Philipsburg Manor, where the Pocantico River meets the Hudson.
Philipsburg Manor
Stop 3
The Lord's Pews Came Out
You're standing on North Broadway, the old Albany Post Road, in front of the Old Dutch Church.
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
Stop 4
The Bridge in Irving's Chase
You're at the Headless Horseman Bridge, with the Old Dutch Church up the slope, the church you've just left.
Headless Horseman Bridge
Stop 5
See Sleepy Hollow →The Name He Insisted On
You've crossed the bridge and climbed into Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, on the slope just north of the Old Dutch Church burying ground.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Stop 1
A Granite Giant Who Shrank
You're standing on Allerton Street, at the circular drive around the National Monument to the Forefathers.
National Monument to the Forefathers
Stop 2
The Museum That Kept Half a Rock
You're on Court Street now, in front of Pilgrim Hall.
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Stop 3
The Ship That Needed a Home First
You're on the waterfront in Plymouth, at the state pier off Water Street, and the tall wooden ship tied up in front of you is Mayflower II.
Mayflower II
Stop 4
The Rock Nobody Mentioned for a Century
You're on Water Street, at the edge of Plymouth Harbor, and in front of you is a granite portico with columns, built like a little Roman temple.
Plymouth Rock
Stop 5
The Hill That Forgot Its Dead
You've just climbed up from Plymouth Rock, and the grassy rise you're on now is Cole's Hill.
Cole's Hill
Stop 6
The Street That Kept Changing Its Name
You're standing on Leyden Street, the short, narrow road that runs between the waterfront and the hill.
Leyden Street
Stop 7
A Fort, a Church, Then the Dead
You've climbed up from the top of Leyden Street, and you're now on Burial Hill, the high ground right behind Plymouth's town square.
Burial Hill
Stop 8
The Surveyor Who Came Late
You've come down from Burial Hill to Summer Street, and the old house in front of you is the Richard Sparrow House.
Richard Sparrow House
Stop 9
See Plymouth Walking Tour →The House the Pilgrims' Children Built
You're on Sandwich Street, at number 33, looking at a plain two-story wooden house with small windows and a steep roof.
Jabez Howland House
Stop 1
The Hilltop Sold as an Ocean View
You're standing at 11th Avenue and 82nd Street, near the very top of the hill that gave Dyker Heights its name.
Dyker Heights
Stop 2
The Woman Who Lit 84th Street
You're on 84th Street in Dyker Heights, in front of number 1152.
Lucy Spata
Stop 3
The House Across from Lucy's
You're still on 84th Street in Dyker Heights, and you've only crossed the road.
The Polizzotto House
Stop 4
See Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour →The Seaside Park That Became a Fairway
You've walked down to 86th Street, the southern edge of Dyker Heights, and the lights are behind you now.
Dyker Beach Park
Stop 1
A Gold Dome and Four Missing Chariots
You're standing on Bay Street at the top of the bluff, in front of Savannah City Hall.
Savannah City Hall
Stop 2
The General Under the Obelisk
You're standing in Johnson Square, the first square Savannah ever laid out, in 1733, and still the biggest of the city's 22.
Johnson Square
Stop 3
Mary Telfair Gave the House Away
You're standing in front of the Telfair Academy, a stucco-finished mansion on Telfair Square that takes up an entire city block.
Telfair Academy
Stop 4
Daisy's House, and the Girls Who Saved It
You're on Oglethorpe Avenue, in front of number 10, the house Savannah knows as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace.
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
Stop 5
Blue Ceiling Behind the Regency Mansion
You're at the corner of Oglethorpe Square, outside the pale, elegant house at 124 Abercorn Street that Savannah calls the Owens–Thomas House.
Owens-Thomas House
Stop 6
The General Still Watching for Spain
You're standing in Chippewa Square, halfway down Bull Street.
Chippewa Square
Stop 7
The Colony That Banned Catholics
You're standing on East Harris Street, beside Lafayette Square, in front of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Stop 8
See Savannah Walking Tour →The Park on Borrowed Ground
You've followed Bull Street south past the last of the squares, and here the city finally lets go and opens into trees.
Forsyth Park
Stop 1
The Congress That Had to Run
You're standing on the West Front of the United States Capitol, facing the long green lawn of the National Mall.
U.S. Capitol, West Front
Stop 2
A Castle for a Man Who Never Came
You're on Jefferson Drive, on the south side of the Mall, and the building in front of you looks like it wandered in from medieval England.
Smithsonian Castle
Stop 3
The Line Where the Money Ran Out
You're standing at the foot of the Washington Monument, inside the big circle of fifty American flags, one for every state.
Washington Monument
Stop 4
Fifty-Six Pillars, One Veteran's Question
You've just crossed 17th Street from the Washington Monument, and the ground is sloping down ahead of you into a sunken oval plaza with a fountain at its heart.
World War II Memorial
Stop 5
A Circle No One Has Carved
You're in Constitution Gardens, just off the Mall, and the ground in front of you opens into a long black cut.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Stop 6
Who Got to Sit Up Front
You've reached the western end of the National Mall, and in front of you is the Lincoln Memorial, a white marble temple standing above the Reflecting Pool.
Lincoln Memorial
Stop 7
The Stone Pulled From the Mountain
You're standing in West Potomac Park on the edge of the Tidal Basin, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Stop 8
See National Mall Walking Tour →Chained to the Cherry Trees
You're standing at the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin, directly south of the White House.
Jefferson Memorial
Cities, small towns, old roads.
Pick one to see its first stops.
See The Freedom Trail →See Haunted Savannah →See Salem 1692 →See Route 66 in Arizona →See Mill Valley →Pick a tour
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Landmarks with their own page: the John Hancock Center, Boston Common, Radio City Music Hall, the Original Starbucks, the LaLaurie Mansion, the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary, the Chicago Board of Trade Building, the Menger Hotel, Plymouth Rock and Gettysburg's High Water Mark.
This Christmas: all our Christmas walks, and what's on in New York, Chicago and St. Augustine. The Rockefeller Center tree, the Saks Fifth Avenue windows, the lights of Dyker Heights, the Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza, Marshall Field's windows and the Bridge of Lions each have a story of their own.
Christmas gifts
Give a walk for Christmas.
Pick a tour, add a note, choose the day. We email it to them, Christmas morning if you like, and it plays in their phone's browser.
Put your phone in your pocket.
The Stories app starts each story when you reach the stop, with the screen locked. Download a walk and it plays offline.
Stop 1 of every tour plays free.
- GPS auto-play
Each story starts when you get there.
- Works offline
Download a walk; no signal needed.
- Screen off
Plays with your phone in your pocket.
- No app? Fine
Every tour also plays in your browser.
- One price
A walk is $4.99 for your group, on up to 4 phones. Pay once with Apple Pay.
Good to know
What is Stories?
Self-guided audio tours for walks and drives. Each stop is a short story about the spot you are standing on: what to look at and what happened there. You unlock the whole tour once, for your group.
How much does a tour cost?
A walking tour is $4.99 for your group, on up to 4 phones; a driving tour is $4.99 per car. You pay once, with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card.
Can I try a tour before I pay?
Yes. The first stop of every tour is free to play, in your browser or in the app, at home or on the spot.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Tours play in your browser. The Stories app adds GPS auto-play, so each story starts when you arrive, and offline downloads.
Does it work offline?
In the app, yes: download the tour on Wi-Fi before you go. In the browser you need a signal, which is fine on most city streets.
Where are the tours?
In the United States: walks in Boston, New York, Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans, Chicago and more, and drives such as Route 66 and Skyline Drive. Every tour is on the Tours page.
Can I give a tour as a gift?
Yes. Give one walk for $4.99, or the Stories Pass, every tour for 12 months, for $39.99. We email it on the day you pick, and nothing renews.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. If a tour did not work for you, email support@winding.ai within 7 days of your purchase and we will refund it.
Who writes the stories?
Stories writes each tour from public sources, then checks up to 10 of the most specific facts in each story against them. A synthetic voice narrates it.
Take a story for a walk.
Photo and map credits
- Hero phone: the Stories app playing The Pirates' House, Savannah. Its photo: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hero, Boston (phone): Night shot of the Old State House, Boston, Vernon Burton, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hero, Boston (desktop): Old State House at night 03, Runner1928, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hero, Savannah: Savannah (5802332371), Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0
- Hero, Salem: Witch House, Salem, massmatt, CC BY 2.0
- Hero, Mill Valley (phone); Mill Valley poster: The Redwoods of Muir Woods, Meburian, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hero, Mill Valley (desktop): Muir woods July 2022, Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Player screen: Boston Commons at Sunset, Pacamah, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lock screen: 2017 Old North Church steeple from Hull Street, Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Freedom Trail poster: Paul Revere Mall (54960644881), ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0
- Haunted Savannah poster: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, GA, US (05), Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Salem 1692 poster: Salem Witch House II, SalemPuritan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Route 66 poster: Route 66 through the Black Mountains near Oatman, Arizona, Zongxianglee, CC BY 4.0
- Last section (phone): Old State House at night 02, Runner1928, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Last section (desktop): Sunset dogs Boston MA 2026-02-26 17-21-04, G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0
- Boston Common: Aerial View Parkman Bandstand at Boston Common 2, AbhiSuryawanshi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Massachusetts State House: Massachusetts State House Boston November 2016, King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Granary Burying Ground: Boston Granary Burying Ground 06, Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old South Meeting House: Old South Meeting House, Boston, MA, 2023-02-21 01, Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paul Revere House: 2017 Paul Revere House from east, Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old North Church: Old North Church, Boston (2025), Seasider53, CC BY 4.0
- The Pirates' House: Pirate's House, Savannah, Georiga, US, Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colonial Park Cemetery: Colonial Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hamilton-Turner Inn: Hamilton Turner House, Slp1, CC BY 3.0
- Sorrel-Weed House: Sorrel–Weed House, Savannah, GA, US (2), Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Proctor's Ledge: Salem witch2, Joseph E. Baker, Public domain
- The Witch House: Witch House, Salem, massmatt, CC BY 2.0
- Salem Witch Museum: Salem Witch Museum, January 2021, Fletcher, CC BY 4.0
- House of the Seven Gables: House of Seven Gables, Salem MA 1, Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Williams: WilliamsDepot WilliamsAZ, unknown author, Public domain
- Seligman: SeligmanArizona, Vidor at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- Grand Canyon Caverns: Cave Popcorn (Grand Canyon Caverns), Alexander Glazkov, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Hackberry: Hackberry-Hackberry Water Tower-1920, Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Outdoor Art Club: Outdoor-Art-Center-Mill-Valley-Florin-WLM-01, Fabrice Florin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lytton Square: Mill.Valley, SWENOWENSON, CC BY-SA 4.0
- App map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap
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