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Time Traveling with Brian Unger

Season 1
Brian Unger journeys through time to unearth stories about iconic American landmarks that tourists won't find in the guidebooks. Brian is the ultimate tour guide as he takes locals on a tour of their own hometown like they've never seen it before.
IMDb 7.5201518 episodesTV-PG
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Golden Gate and Woolworth
    April 20, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian Unger takes locals back to the Great Depression in San Francisco, where a feat of engineering became the Golden Gate Bridge. In NYC, they see how the first building to scrape the sky has transformed from 1913 to today.
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  2. S1 E2 - O.K. Corral and Sin City
    April 19, 2015
    21min
    TV-G
    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 how celebrities like Marilyn Monroe got unhitched.
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  3. S1 E3 - Monuments Man and Hollywood
    April 26, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian travels back in time to Washington, DC, 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.
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  4. S1 E4 - Liberty Bell and Grand Canyon
    April 26, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian travels the route of the Liberty Bell when it was secretly spirited out of Philadelphia and hidden from the British in 1777. He then explores the unnatural manmade wonders of the Grand Canyon, designed by a woman.
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  5. S1 E5 - Lincoln's Killer on the Run
    May 3, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian takes locals back to Washington, DC, at the end of the Civil War to follow the escape route of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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  6. S1 E6 - Pocahontas/Death Valley Scotty
    May 17, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian travels to 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, where the first English settlement was built and Pocahontas married. Then, in Death Valley, he meets a scam artist and learns why many flocked to the unforgiving climate in the late 1900s.
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  7. S1 E7 - Rockets Red Glare
    May 17, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian takes his guests to old Baltimore to witness the most famous battle of the War of 1812 and visit the birthplace of our national anthem. Next, he enters Hollywood and rock n' roll history in the historic hotels of Los Angeles.
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  8. S1 E8 - Eye of the Storm
    May 24, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian travels to Galveston, Texas, in 1900 to witness the deadliest hurricane in US history. He then visits America's oldest city, St. Augustine, Florida, for a taste of life in the 1500s and a search for the Fountain of Youth.
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  9. S1 E9 - AZ Diamondbacks & Hohokam
    June 1, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Time periods collide as Brian and locals visit the Arizona Diamondbacks spring training facility, where the MLB meets an ancient Native American ballgame. Brian throws the first pitch and is joined by Louis Gonzalez and Eric Byrnes.
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  10. S1 E10 - Sherman's March to the Sea
    June 7, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian travels to the Mojave Desert in the 1940s to see who had "The Right Stuff" at Edwards Air Force Base. He then visits Atlanta at the end of the Civil War to witness General Sherman's destructive march to the sea.
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  11. S1 E11 - Rocket Men
    June 14, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian and guests travel back to the '60s and '70s to see where the Space Race was won -- Cape Canaveral, Florida. They visit NASA's original mission control, the launch control center, and 'VAB," where rockets are still put together.
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  12. S1 E12 - Bonnie & Clyde & All That Jazz
    June 24, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian is hot on the trail of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie and Clyde, in Texas. Then, in New Orleans, he witnesses the birth of jazz on a riverboat and in a famous country society hall.
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  13. S1 E13 - Coney Island and the Presidio
    July 2, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian takes locals back to the late 1800s to see Coney Island in all its original glory. He then heads west during the Spanish-American War to explore the birthplace of San Francisco, the former military base known as the Presidio.
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  14. S1 E14 - Mob Scene in Miami
    July 9, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian Unger follows Al Capone when he leaves behind his shady Chicago past and starts a new life in Miami, Florida. He relives Capone's trial, takes an exclusive tour of his mansion, and gets the inside scoop from Scarface's niece.
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  15. S1 E15 - Key West Defense
    July 16, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian and locals explore Key West in the heart-stopping days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Then he heads to New Orleans in the early 1800s to relive the swashbuckling story of the notorious pirate, Jean Lafitte.
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  16. S1 E16 - Billy the Kid & Atomic History
    July 22, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian and locals take New Mexico by storm, riding in the hoofprints of Wild West legend Billy the Kid. Then they visit the Manhattan Project's top-secret military site, where scientists built and tested the first atomic bomb.
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  17. S1 E17 - Kentucky Horses & Bourbon
    July 29, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    Brian and locals unearth two Kentucky traditions: horseracing and 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.
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  18. S1 E18 - Paul Revere
    August 5, 2015
    21min
    TV-PG
    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.
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