Season 1 Episodes
1. SF's Golden Gateway & NY's Tallest Five and Dime
Brian takes locals back to the Great Depression in San Francisco, where an amazing feat of engineering became the Golden Gate Bridge, then to NYC to see how the first building to scrape the sky has transformed from 1913 to today
2. Cowboys, Cops, Corral, Divorce
Brian travels back to the Wild West of Tombstone to see where the infamous O.K Corral gunfight really took place, then hits the streets of 1940s Las Vegas to see Divorce Ranches & how celebrities like Marilyn Monroe got unhitched.
3. Monuments Man & Tramping Through Hollywood
Brian travels back in time to Washington D.C. in 1884 to see how a swamp turned into the National Mall, then takes locals tramping through Hollywood in search of the hidden filming locations and studios of Charlie Chaplin.
4. Liberty Bell Escape & Hidden Grand Canyon Treasures
Brian travels back in time to Washington D.C. in 1884 to see how a swamp turned into the National Mall, then takes locals tramping through Hollywood in search of the hidden filming locations and studios of Charlie Chaplin.
5. Lincoln's Killer on the Run
Brian takes locals back to Washington D.C. at the end of the Civil War to follow the escape route of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. They hid in a pine thicket, row across the Potomac River, & hang at special tennis courts.
6. Pocahontas & Death Valley Scotty
Brian & locals travel to 1607 in Jamestown, VA, where the first English settlement was built & Pocahontas married. Then to Death Valley to see a scam artist & learn why many flocked to the unforgiving climate in the late 1900's.
7. Rockets Red Glare & Rockin' LA Hotels
Brian & locals travel to 1607 in Jamestown, VA, where the first English settlement was built & Pocahontas married. Then to Death Valley to see a scam artist & learn why many flocked to the unforgiving climate in the late 1900's.
8. Eye of the Storm, Fountain of Youth
Brian & locals travel to Galveston, TX, in 1900 to witness the deadliest hurricane in US history. Then to America's oldest city, St. Augustine, FL, for a taste of life in the 1500's and a search for the Fountain of Youth.
9. AZ Diamondbacks & Hohokam
Time periods collide as Brian and locals visit the Arizona Diamondbacks’ spring-training facility, where Major League Baseball meets an ancient Native American game. Brian throws the first pitch and is joined by Luis Gonzalez and Eric Byrnes.
10. Breaking Barrier's and Sherman's March to the Sea
Brian and guests travel to the Mojave Desert in the 1940's to see who had "The Right Stuff" at Edwards Air Force Base. Then to Atlanta at the end of the Civil War to witness General Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea."
11. Rocket Men
Brian and guests travel back to the 60s and 70s to see where the Space Race was won, Cape Canaveral. They visit NASA's original mission control, the launch control center, and 'VAB', where rockets are still put together.
12. Bonnie & Clyde & All That Jazz in NOLA
Brian and guests are on the trail of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie and Clyde. Then to New Orleans to witness the birth of what many say is the American art form, jazz, on a riverboat and a famous country society hall.
13. Riding Coney Island & the Guns of San Francisco
Brian takes locals back to the late 1800s to see Coney Island, NY, in all its original glory. Then, he heads west to revisit the Spanish American War and explore the birthplace of San Francisco, the former military base known as the Presidio.
14. Mob Scene in Miami
Brian Unger researches the life that Al Capone led in Miami after leaving his shady Chicago past behind. He relives Capone's trial and takes an exclusive tour of his mansion. Then, he gets the inside scoop from Scarface's niece.
15. Key West Defense & NOLA Pirate
Brian and locals explore what Key West was like in the heart-stopping days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Then, he heads to New Orleans to relive the swashbuckling story of notorious pirate Jean Lafitte in the early 1800s.
16. Billy the Kid & Atomic History
Brian and locals take New Mexico by storm, riding in the hoofprints of Wild West legend Billy the Kid. Then they visit the Manhattan Projects top-secret military site, where scientists built and tested the first atomic bomb.
17. Kentucky Bourbon and Horses
Brian and locals unearth two Kentucky traditions, horseracing & bourbon. They veer off the Bourbon Trail to the birthplace of the American beverage, then gallop back in time to bluegrass horse country for a visit with Secretariat.
18. Paul Revere & the Anarchists in Boston
Brian travels to Boston to bust the myth of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride and play detective on the trial and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in the 1920s. The Italian anarchists were charged with the robbery and killing of two men.