Host Brian Unger travels the United States explaining the weird shapes on the map.
Follows correspondent Brian Unger as he criss-crosses the country reporting on the tales behind the boundaries. Think: Why does Montana look like it took a bite out of Idaho? Or how are flying fish threatening to re-draw the lines of Illinois?
Aired: May 3, 2011How water has literally shaped the States. The surprising history hidden in t...
2. Great Plains, Trains, & Automobiles
Aired: May 10, 2011The history of transportation hidden in the lines of the map. From canals to ...
Aired: May 17, 2011How massive geological events helped create the American map. Long before the...
Aired: May 24, 2011How did the most rebellious states took shape? How did they earn their outsiz...
Aired: Jun 7, 2011What secrets are hiding in our map? What's behind the "blank spots" like Area...
Aired: Jun 14, 2011If you thought our borders were set in stone, you'd be wrong. Who stole a cor...
Aired: Jun 21, 2011Ever since the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower, what we believe and how we bel...
Aired: Jun 28, 2011Did money make our map? Through boom and through bust, the sweet smell of pro...
Aired: Jul 5, 2011Will rivalries within our states break them into pieces? Cultures compete aga...
Aired: Jul 12, 2011We all live in the same country, so why do we sound do different? It's a matt...
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Current Status: Canceled
Network: History
Production Country: United States
Genres:Adventure, Documentary, History
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