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Every place has a story hiding right under your feet.

Local Facts uses your location to surface real historical, cultural, and weird facts about the world around you. Turn any walk into a discovery.

Download on theApp StoreFree to explore your neighborhood
Local Facts map screen showing San Francisco with orange fact pins at the Ferry Building, Castro Theatre, Sutro Tower and other real locations
Local Facts nearby feed showing a real fact: San Francisco has more dogs than children, an estimated 120,000+ dogs versus 115,000 kids under 18

Pick a place. Read what's true about it.

Four real places, four real facts from Local Facts, on the actual coastline. Map mode works the same way, anywhere in the world.

San Francisco, CA37.7749N 122.4194W
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San Francisco, CA1 / 4
HISTORYSan Francisco, CA

The Golden Gate Bridge's orange color started as a primer coat. The architect liked it so much it stayed the permanent color.

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Everywhere the app looks

Live nearby feed

A running feed of real facts tied to wherever you are standing right now, closest first.

Map mode

Drop a pin anywhere in the world and read the facts for that spot, no travel required.

Home screen widget

A fresh fact on your home screen every day, plus a Fact of the Day widget that holds until midnight.

Apple Watch app

The same facts at a glance on your wrist, no need to pull out your phone.

Favorites and share cards

Save the facts worth remembering and share the good ones as a clean, shareable card.

17 categories

History, culture, nature, architecture, food, film, music, and more, each color coded on the map.

It follows you off the app.

A home screen widget refreshes with a new fact through the day. The Apple Watch app shows the same nearby facts at a glance, no need to pull out your phone.

Local Facts home screen widget showing a real fact: Central Park has 26,000 trees and over 800 species of flora, 0.5 mi away in New York, NY
Home screen widget
Local Facts Apple Watch app showing a real fact: the 1906 earthquake and fires destroyed over 80% of San Francisco, 0.2 mi away
Apple Watch app

The story under your feet stays invisible

You walk past the same corners every day and never learn why they look the way they do, who was there before you, or what happened on that exact spot. The history is real. It just never surfaces at the right moment.

Local Facts surfaces it exactly where you are

Open the app and a live feed of real facts appears for wherever you are standing. Drop a pin to explore a different place, save the facts worth remembering, and share the good ones as a card.

Local Facts fact detail screen for Angel Island, CA: a History fact about the City of Chester, with an embedded map pin at the Golden Gate Bridge and a Get Directions button

Questions

Yes, for the live nearby feed. Local Facts uses your location to find real facts about the places around you. If you would rather not share your location, Map mode still works: drop a pin anywhere in the world and read the facts for that spot instead.

Start where you're standing.

Free to explore your neighborhood. No account needed to start.

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