Season 3, Episode 8
July 26, 2026
Route 66 Museum
Kingman, AZ
Experience the heartbeat of the Mother Road at the Arizona Route 66 Museum in Kingman,
where the evolution of an American icon comes alive to show how a single, neon-lit highway
connected a fractured nation, fueled the great westward migration, and birthed the modern
cross-country road trip.
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center
Janette & Beatrice Rodriguez
Georgetown, SC
Step into the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center in Georgetown, where the vibrant
preservation of West African language, foodways, and traditions honors a resilient people
whose forced labor built the American South and whose living culture remains one of the most
culturally pure links to Africa in our nation's history.
Totem Poles
Ricardo Woerl
Juneau, AK
Discover how the Sealaska Heritage Institute is reclaiming a vital chapter of American history
through its monumental Kootéeyaa Deiyí (Totem Pole Trail), resurrecting the ancient, once-
suppressed carving traditions of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples to prove that
Indigenous culture is not a relic of the past, but a living, thriving pillar of the nation's identity.
Rocket City USA
Ed Stewart
Huntsville, AL
Discover how a quiet southern town became America’s ultimate Cold War powerhouse, forging
the colossal Saturn V rockets that won the Space Race and forever altered the trajectory of
global technology.
