Podcasts by See America

The Last Blockbuster from 2021-09-30T01:52:38

Before streaming services we had Blockbuster - but did you know one remains in operation? On this episode, we share the downfall of Blockbuster, and how the Bend, Oregon location keeps its doors...

The Empire State Building from 2021-09-21T06:50:22

Over the more than 200 years of its existence, the US has become home to a number of iconic sites that domestic and international travelers alike place at the top of their must-see lists. The cl...

Somewhere Over Wamego: The Wizard of Oz Museum from 2021-09-09T01:02:10

The small town of Wamego, Kansas, with its modest population of nearly 5,000, is not a sprawling, sepia-toned farmland featuring Aunty Em, Miss Gulch, and Professor Marvel. It does not look like...

Ben&Jerry‘s from 2021-09-03T13:00:51

From modest beginnings in the small town of Burlington, Vermont, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and other products can now be found in freezers in over 30 countries. This is their story. 

Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve from 2021-08-25T23:39:42

Every year, from February to May, 1,800 acres of desert plateau spring to life with color. Purples, yellows, oranges, and blues all come together on the sprawling arid landscape to emulate an Im...

Cahokia Mounds from 2021-08-18T16:25:38

When Americans travel internationally, they often encounter nations and civilizations far older than their 245-year-old home country. As they explore new cultures, the travelers learn the depth ...

The Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta from 2021-08-09T23:28:54

Every October the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta creates an enchanted world of vibrant balloon-filled skies, special-shaped balloon rodeos and twilight balloon glows.

In Balloo...

City Light‘s Bookstore & The Beat Generation from 2021-08-07T18:02:54

This week, The Beat Museum, City Lights Bookstore and the movement of a Generation that all started in San Francisco, California in the 1950s. These artists wielded their medium to question main...

City Light‘s Bookstore&The Beat Generation from 2021-08-07T18:02:54

This week, The Beat Museum, City Lights Bookstore and the movement of a Generation that all started in San Francisco, California in the 1950s. These artists wielded their medium to question main...

Winter Island from 2021-07-21T01:48:18

The Boston metropolitan area offers a rich and intriguing look back to several significant points in American history: the landing of the Mayflower, the Boston Tea Party, the War of 1812.

House on the Rock from 2021-07-14T23:50:53

A 200 foot sea creature that’s bigger than the statue of liberty. The largest carousel in the world, illuminated by over 20,000 light bulbs. A room that goes on forever. The largest collection o...

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from 2021-06-29T15:02:59

Early in the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers robbed a Boston museum of thirteen works worth some $500 million – the greatest known property theft in history. ...

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from 2021-06-29T15:02:59

Early in the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers robbed a Boston museum of thirteen works worth some $500 million – the greatest known property theft in history. ...

The PEZ Museum from 2021-06-22T00:13:46

PEZ. Known for its collectible dispensers depicting thousands of beloved characters and for its fruity brick-like candies, the brand has solidified its place in United States pop culture. From s...

Chicago's Museum Campus from 2021-06-16T02:53:37

If you’re looking for places to visit that are visually and audibly stunning, spark the imagination, are in close proximity, appeal to the whole family, and are educational to boot, one of the b...

The Heidelberg Project from 2021-06-09T00:52:47

Artist Tyree Guyton is on a mission to rehabilitate the image of his community through art. Discarded stuffed animals cling to a boat like barnacles, an old, bright pink hummer shell protrudes f...

The Georgia Peach Festival from 2021-06-01T21:08:06

Many popular tourist destinations owe a large part of their identity to a singular aspect of their culture. In France, locals will introduce you to the joys of any one of their thousand distinct...

Meow Wolf from 2021-05-24T22:40:06

What is a “Meow Wolf”? Some have said it's a “psychedelic funhouse.” Some liken it to “Burning Man,” the outdoor music festival. Others say it’s an “intergalactic, interdimensional travel agency...

The Kennedy Space Center from 2021-05-05T01:08:07

Space Travel is starting to change dramatically, but the history of space travel is one of the most incredible pieces of America's story, and few places can it be better felt than in Cape Canave...

Lookout Mountain from 2021-04-27T00:55:21

In the southwestern corner of Tennessee, a mountain towers over the city of Chattanooga, at its peak, it's rumored that you can see 7 states. This destination is certainly one borne of natural b...

The Best Places in America to Pee from 2021-04-19T23:01:28

See America is back! We're kicking off season 7 with a fun roundup of some of the most interesting and amazing bathrooms in America, along with the best places to stop when you have to do your b...

The Best Places in America to Pee from 2021-04-19T23:01:28

See America is back! We're kicking off season 7 with a fun roundup of some of the most interesting and amazing bathrooms in America, along with the best places to stop when you have to do your b...

The Nashville Parthenon from 2021-03-23T18:51:33

This week, we are adding to our ever-growing list of episodes highlighting international landmark replicas that dot the American landscape with a road trip to the iconic Parthenon, located not i...

Tombstone from 2021-03-16T21:53:51

The world's most famous gunfight didn't happen where you think it did, and it only lasted for 30 seconds. But the spat between the lawmen Earps and Cowboy Clantons is one of the most enduring le...

The Jell-O Gallery Museum from 2021-03-08T02:07:36

In upstate New York, one museum is dedicated to a boxed dessert that's been a part of America for nearly 125 years. America's Most Famous Dessert's success story is the result of marketing that ...

Wild Blueberry Land from 2021-02-20T22:49:31

This week, a celebration of the Pine Tree State's 40,000 acres of Wild Blueberries at Wild Blueberry Land in Columbia Falls, Maine.

The London Bridge from 2021-02-09T01:15:36

Our journey today definitely spends some time in Europe, as much of America's story does. But it ends in the 1970s, in Lake Havasu, Arizona, where a piece of world history was salvaged for a to...

Buc-ee's from 2021-01-25T21:17:30

This week, we journey to the world's largest convenience store — Texas' famed Buc-ee's. A place filled with miles of treats and sodas and bathrooms so clean you'll hold it for an extra fifty mil...

Dr Pepper from 2021-01-17T01:07:19

It's been called the "King of sodas" and "liquid sunshine," and over the years it's gone through several variations - Red Fusion, Diet Cherry Chocolate, and "made with real sugar," but at the en...

Wall Drug from 2021-01-12T21:58:55

One of the world's most well-known roadside attractions, nearly in the middle of nowhere South Dakota began as a stop for free ice water, coffee, and donuts for service personnel on the way to a...

Evel Knievel from 2021-01-04T01:03:08

Evel Knievel made the leap from rural county fairs to sold-out stadiums through a unique combination of bravado, determination, and promotional genius. He invented himself and his business, jump...

Alaska and the Aurora Borealis from 2020-12-28T01:49:59

Each winter, thousands of people descend upon Alaska in hopes of catching one of the most spectacular light shows on earth. Steeped in legends and myths that can be found in cultures throughout ...

The West Baden Springs Hotel from 2020-12-20T02:52:58

It's surely not a stretch for me to say that most people imagine that all the stunning major hotels in the US are in popular tourist destinations. But what if we told you one that has been calle...

America's Strangest Graves from 2020-12-13T01:00:34

Normally on this show, we take you to a single destination, but this week we're changing it up a bit. We're going to take a journey across the country to the final resting places of —some famous...

Mark Twain's Hannibal from 2020-11-29T01:41:21

The Great River Road follows the Mississippi River’s length, on both sides, providing access to much of this beauty, mixed with the industrial history of America. We’ve covered several Mississip...

Jack Daniel's Distillery from 2020-11-15T23:43:43

Jack Daniel’s may sound like a ubiquitous, mass-produced brand, but it’s always been made the same way, in the same place, the same way it was made by the man whose name is on the label.

America's First Bank Robbery from 2020-11-09T02:44:30

Many historians cite the first bank robbery in the United States as February 13, 1866 when associates of Jesse and Frank James robbed the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri. If...

Lizzie Borden from 2020-10-26T03:00:28

Lizzie Borden took an axe,

And gave her mother forty whacks; 

When she saw what she had done,

She gave her father forty-one.

Actually, the bordens received only 29 wh...

Radio City Music Hall from 2020-10-19T02:03:53

New York City. The bright lights of Broadway shine on no less than 40 of the greatest stages on earth, and yet, one venue in the Big Apple outshines all others. This week, Radio City Musical Hal...

The Mall of America from 2020-10-14T03:30:46

Up until about 30 years ago, there wasn’t much that made the North Star State  — Minnesota — a destination for international tourists. It’s 10,000 lakes included. That all changed on August 11, ...

Carhenge from 2020-10-04T14:20:33

In Wiltshire, England sits a prehistoric monument of epic proportions. Featuring a ring of standing stones each around 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and weighing about 25 tons, Stonehenge is a ...

The Library of Congress from 2020-09-27T02:49:53

America is home to lots of things that we get to claim are the biggest and greatest, but there’s one facility in the U.S. that probably deserves more bragging rights than any other, and it’s not...

Graceland from 2020-09-20T02:37:34

Last week we talked about Elvis’s major failure at the Grand Ole Opry, and this week, we thought it would be a good idea to let him redeem himself. The Opry might be the mother church of country...

The Grand Ole Opry from 2020-09-14T02:38:23

This week, we take you behind the scenes of the world's longest-running radio show and country music's pinnacle of achievement, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Grant's Farm from 2020-08-23T02:53:32

St. Louis, Missouri. Along the mighty Mississippi. Home of the Arch, the Cardinals, and Budweiser beer. Whatever you feel about a “Bud,” the Anheuser-Busch Family revolutionized the brewing indu...

The TCL Chinese Theatre from 2020-08-16T04:14:24

Hollywood, California. Land of make-believe. If you’ve ever been, you know that a lot of what is glitters, isn’t actually gold. A trip down Hollywood Boulevard these days is chock full of cheap ...

The American Banjo Museum from 2020-08-02T03:20:39

Bricktown. Oklahoma city. A museum in this vibrant city tells the story of the only real, truly American musical instrument. It wasn’t just developed in America, it was borne through the struggl...

Pikes Peak from 2020-07-28T02:48:08

As anyone who’s visited Colorado Springs can tell you, it sits in the shadow of an ominous mountain - it’s is an amazing sight to behold. The 14,115-foot summit rises over the plains with a sort...

The Mars Cheese Castle from 2020-07-19T16:53:03

A glowing white stone castle shines like a beacon of hope to weary travelers in the southeast corner of Wisconsin...but no knights in armor or kings and queens live here. This is a castle of anothe...

Central Park from 2020-07-11T22:39:54

Amidst the hustle and bustle of America’s largest city sits an incredible greenspace that just happens to be one of the most filmed locations in the world, appearing in over 350 films and counti...

Cedar Point from 2020-07-04T10:32:13

This week, we journey to the "rollercoaster capital of the word" to hear the history of the second-oldest theme park in America — Sandusky, Ohio's Cedar Point.

Oliver Lee from 2020-06-27T00:58:55

On the eastern edge of New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains, a few miles west of the rolling dunes of White Sands National Park sit the remains of two unassuming cabins in a place called Dog Canyon...

Fenway Park from 2020-06-21T02:49:21

Season 4 is here! We kick it off with one of the most American places you could imagine. Nestled in the city of Boston is what is often called "America's Most Beloved Ballpark.” A place where dr...

Monument Valley from 2020-05-24T01:53:15

Combined with the surrounding mesas, buttes, and desert environment, Monument Valley Tribal Park truly is one of the natural wonders of the world. Set aside by the Navajo Tribal Council in 1958,...

Rock Island from 2020-05-17T01:51:55

Rock Island is one of those towns that pops up in nostalgic culture over and over, but not a lot of people know where it is or much about it. It's almost mythical in a way, due especially to the...

White Pillars from 2020-05-09T04:23:03

A 100-year old building that stands as a symbol of community. It's the place generations have gone to eat to celebrate life's joys - before prom, on Mother's day, a rehearsal dinner. It's part o...

Hjemkomst from 2020-05-03T04:42:43

In the summer of 1971, a Minnesota Junior High School guidance counselor took a severe fall from a friend's roof. While recovering from his injuries, he set out to build a dream. A replica of a ...

The World's Largest Truck Stop from 2020-04-25T03:54:44

During the coronavirus pandemic, heroes of all stripes have emerged to keep our country healthy, fed, and supplied. Doctors, nurses, retail workers, delivery drivers and all sorts of other essen...

The National Naval Aviation Museum and the Blue Angels from 2020-04-18T03:27:30

During the twentieth century, few military organizations played a more crucial role than Naval Aviation. In war at sea, eclipsing the battleship as the decisive weapon, aircraft carriers project...

The Copper Mines of Jerome, Arizona from 2020-04-11T04:52:50

High in the hills overlooking Arizona's Verde Valley, a tiny town filled with history sits, like a mother bird over nesting over her eggs. Except this egg is a billion-dollar deposit of copper. ...

The Mammoth Site from 2020-04-04T01:16:56

June 1974, Hot Springs, South Dakota. Landowner Phil Anderson is preparing open space on the edge of town for a new housing development.

Heavy equipment operator George Hanson was grading...

The SPAM Museum from 2020-03-28T02:40:18

Pork, Salt, Water, Sugar, Potato Starch, and Sodium Nitrate. 6 simple ingredients, cooked in a can, make up the world's most polarizing meat product. When it first came off the production line i...

Eyes on the Sky in Platte River, Nebraska from 2020-03-21T18:50:32

In the heart of the rolling Great Plains, thousands of one of the largest flying birds on earth rest and feed in the light of the setting sun. They jump into the air, flap their wings, and dance...

The American Tobacco Campus and Burt's Bees from 2020-02-22T21:19:04

Durham, North Carolina. Home to possibly the most famous Minor League team in all of sports - the Durham Bulls. Durham has witnessed a massive revitalization in recent years, as it turned the sc...

Red Rocks from 2020-02-15T03:03:38

In the western suburbs of Denver colorado, lies a unique music venue that many consider the finest in the world. With Mother Nature as the architect, this acoustically perfect amphitheater has h...

Charters of Freedom from 2020-02-09T02:55:24

There's one room on this earth that I have walked into that left me more humbled than any other. More proud and inspired. More happy and afraid and joyful. In one, oval-shaped room, the full we...

Chicago Sculpture from 2020-02-02T12:17:42

Chicago, Illinois. The Windy City. The City of Big Shoulders. The City in a Garden. The City That Works. This week, three sculptures that define three different stages of Chicago, and indeed Ame...

The Hoover Dam, and Its Mascot from 2020-01-26T03:16:56

In the desert of the southwest sits a looming, concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and ...

The Wave Organ from 2020-01-18T02:59:13

Along the eastern edge of San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area sits a jetty, constructed from an assortment of granite and marbel pieces taken from the demolition of the Laurel H...

The City Museum from 2020-01-11T01:13:42

In the heart of America sits one of the wildest museums in the world. Housed in a 10-story former shoe factory, this sprawling 600,000 square-foot urban playground stirs the imaginations of chil...

Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle from 2020-01-04T02:08:18

Hollywood,1928. One of the biggest movie stars of the silent era sets out to build herself a gorgeous dream home, sparing no expense and employing a talented legion of industry colleagues to des...

Biltmore from 2019-12-28T03:45:43

The U.S. isn't really known for its vast estates, but a few were built by some of the most prominent families of the industrial revolution. One of those families seemed to be on a quest to outdo...

The Market Theater Gum Wall from 2019-12-21T09:47:43

Overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington sits one of the oldest continuously operating farmers' markets in the united states - the 112-year-old Pike Place Market, where smal...

River Cities Speedway from 2019-11-23T11:58:44

On the western banks of the Red River of the North is a flat region known as the Red River Valley, and a town that owes its existence to a flatboat race down the Red River in the late fall of 18...

The International UFO Museum&Research Center from 2019-11-15T16:40:37

In July 1947, something happened in Eastern New Mexica during a severe thunderstorm. Was it a flying saucer? Was it a weather balloon? What happened? Whatever it was, it sparked an alien fever t...

Bellingrath Gardens&Home from 2019-11-09T02:18:04

Mobile, Alabama doesn't get the street cred of other historic southern tourism towns like Savannah, New Orleans, and Charleston. Perhaps it's the massive shipping industry that lends an industri...

The Hollywood Sign from 2019-11-01T23:11:42

Before Hollywood became the film and television capital of the world, it didn't look much different than other western frontiers. The area surrounding Los Angeles was full of farmers, cowboys, a...

The Shreveport Water Works from 2019-10-26T02:32:02

One of the best things about a road trip is uncovering new experiences that weren't even on your radar. As we travel the country, it's very hard for my wife and me to pass up a historica...

The Stanley Hotel from 2019-10-19T02:56:07

Colorado's Estes Valley was once a wild, lonely parkland known only to the nomadic tribes of Ute and Arapaho. When the Earl of Dunraven visited in 1872, he coveted this a "sportsman's pa...

The Space Needle from 2019-10-12T13:26:30

Rising high above the Seattle skyline is one of the most iconic structures in the world. It was built in just 400 days, held together 74,000 bolts. Today, it stands as a symbol of the Pacific No...

Cadillac Ranch from 2019-10-05T13:16:56

Main Street of America. The Mother Road. Is there anything more American than cruising from Chicago to LA on Route 66 in a classic convertible blasting Springsteen's "Cadillac Ranch." Route 66 t...

The Great Buffalo Roundup from 2019-09-28T02:34:38

Probably the most iconic American mammal is the bison, or buffalo as it’s colloquially called. They’re nearly synonymous with Yellowstone National Park, but there’s another, better place to see ...

The Neon Boneyard from 2019-09-20T23:31:11

Las Vegas, Nevada. The quintessential Road Trip destination. For nearly 100 years it’s been the American epicenter for gambling, live spectacles, shotgun weddings, magicians, and all sorts of as...

See America – Season 1 Trailer from 2019-09-05T23:02:47

Coming soon from the creators of the RV Miles and the America’s National Parks Podcasts is a new show that journies to hidden and not-so-hidden gems that make up the fabric of our nation. We cal...