Test cities
Peplos in the USA
New York · Boston · Washington · San Francisco
The world under the fog: first Cyprus and the French Riviera, now the first US cities. The map starts covered in fog, and it clears wherever you walk. Every place opens a short story you can listen to on the spot, in English or Russian.
How it works
- Tap “Set off” and walk: wherever you have been, the fog clears and your path stays on the map.
- Pick a walk. Routes → Tours: a walking route through the city, and the navigator guides you by voice from stop to stop.
- Listen to the stories. Reach a place and a voice tells you what you are looking at.
New York
The Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square and Central Park, Lower Manhattan and the 9/11 Memorial.
9/11 Memorial
Two waterfalls where the Twin Towers stood, and the names of nearly three thousand victims
Brooklyn Bridge
The world’s longest suspension bridge in 1883, finished with the help of the chief engineer’s wife
Empire State Building
A skyscraper built in 410 days that was the world’s tallest for forty years
Statue of Liberty
France’s gift for America’s centennial, and the first thing millions of immigrants saw in the harbor
Times Square
A square named for a newspaper, where a ball has dropped on New Year’s Eve since 1907
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
The heart of Central Park: the angel on the fountain was the first public artwork in the city commissioned from a woman
Walking routes
- Lower Manhattan: From the Fort to the Brooklyn Bridge2.6 km (1.6 mi) · 6 stopsCastle Clinton → Charging Bull and Bowling Green → Federal Hall → Trinity Church → 9/11 Memorial → Brooklyn Bridge
- Midtown: From the Empire State Building to Central Park4.3 km (2.7 mi) · 5 stopsEmpire State Building → New York Public Library → Grand Central Terminal → Rockefeller Center → Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
A nature trail nearby: The Palisades: Carpenter’s Loop — Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA, 2.8 miles (4.5 km), loop
Boston
The Freedom Trail and the sites of the American Revolution: Old North Church, the Paul Revere House, Faneuil Hall, USS Constitution, plus Beacon Hill and Back Bay.
Faneuil Hall
The “Cradle of Liberty,” where colonists first protested British taxes
Massachusetts State House
Boston’s golden dome: the state government has met here since 1798
Old North Church
Two lanterns in its steeple on April 18, 1775, warned that the British were on the move
USS Constitution
The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world
African Meeting House
The oldest surviving Black church building in the US, known as the “Black Faneuil Hall”
Boston Common
America’s oldest city park, where cows grazed, pirates were hanged and the British camped
Walking routes
- The Freedom Trail: Old South to Bunker Hill3.9 km (2.4 mi) · 7 stopsOld South Meeting House → Old State House → Faneuil Hall → Paul Revere House → Old North Church → USS Constitution → Bunker Hill Monument
- Beacon Hill and Back Bay3.6 km (2.2 mi) · 7 stopsGranary Burying Ground → Boston Common → Massachusetts State House → African Meeting House → Public Garden and the Ducklings → Trinity Church → Boston Public Library
A nature trail nearby: Great Blue Hill — Blue Hills Reservation, Milton, Massachusetts, USA, about 1.6 miles (2.5 km) round trip
Washington, D.C.
The National Mall: the Washington Monument, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Capitol, the White House, the Library of Congress and the National Archives.
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln’s temple: from its steps Martin Luther King Jr. said “I have a dream”
The White House
The house where every U.S. president since the second has lived
U.S. Capitol
The home of Congress, under a cast-iron dome finished during the Civil War
Washington Monument
An obelisk that took nearly forty years to build; you can see the seam between two eras in the stone
Ford’s Theatre
The theater where Lincoln was shot, and the house across the street where he died
Library of Congress
A library that grew from Jefferson’s books, with a Gutenberg Bible in the Great Hall
Walking routes
- Memorials of the National Mall4 km (2.5 mi) · 6 stopsWashington Monument → National World War II Memorial → Vietnam Veterans Memorial → Lincoln Memorial → Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial → Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- From the White House to the Capitol4.9 km (3.0 mi) · 6 stopsThe White House → Ford’s Theatre → National Archives → National Air and Space Museum → U.S. Capitol → Library of Congress
A nature trail nearby: Billy Goat Trail, Section A — Great Falls, Maryland, USA, 3.7 miles (6 km), loop
San Francisco
The Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Chinatown, Lombard Street, the sea lions at Pier 39 and the Presidio.
Coit Tower
A tower paid for by a patron of firefighters and painted with Great Depression murals
Ferry Building
Fifty thousand people a day once passed through this terminal, until the bridges took the ferries’ riders
Golden Gate Bridge
A bridge built in the Great Depression and painted International Orange
Lombard Street
The city’s crookedest street, on a hill named for Russian sailors
Cable Car Museum
The beating heart of the cable cars: the cables under the streets are still pulled from here
City Lights Bookstore
The store where a clerk was arrested over a book of poems, and the court sided with poetry
Walking routes
- From the Embarcadero to Coit Tower2.9 km (1.8 mi) · 4 stopsFerry Building → Dragon Gate → City Lights Bookstore → Coit Tower
- From Nob Hill to the Sea Lions4 km (2.5 mi) · 4 stopsCable Car Museum → Lombard Street → Ghirardelli Square → Pier 39 Sea Lions
- Through the Presidio to the Golden Gate5 km (3.1 mi) · 4 stopsPalace of Fine Arts → Presidio Officers’ Club → Golden Gate Bridge → Fort Point
A nature trail nearby: Lands End — San Francisco, USA, 2.9 miles round trip
These are test cities: the stories are written by AI from open sources, and an expert will still check them. Found a mistake? Profile → Contact us.
Place photos: Wikimedia Commons, authors credited on the place pages.