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Autio: Road Trip & Travel App

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If you’re headed out on a great American road trip, flip on Autio, an audio entertainment app that tells the stories, secrets, and lesser-known histories about the people and places you pass on the highway.

What we love: Autio’s audio stories (read by a cast of narrators including John Lithgow, Phil Jackson, and the app’s cofounder Kevin Costner) dig deep into major destinations and landmarks as well as often forgotten stories. Your weekend getaway may take you past an Indigenous town, through an outlaw hideout, or to a historic battlefield. Try out five stories for free before committing to a subscription or single-trip pass.

Each pin on your Autio map tells a story about what you’re seeing just outside your window.

Quick tip: Use the map view to see all the stories available in your region. If you want to see the landmark in person, tap the three dots on the story bar for directions and the app will plug the destination right into Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze.

Meet the creator: Costner’s passion for travel and history has a road trip tale of its own. “After high school, I needed to get away, and I drove to all four corners of the country,” he says. “The country came alive as I stopped at every bronze plaque. My movies are long—I wanted the plaques to be too.”