
Season 1
26 episodes
1. Los Angeles

1. Los Angeles
Don penetrates a former Nazi military compound that was kept secret, clandestine oil rigs are uncovered in seemingly normal neighborhoods and a renegade kayak trip down the LA River reveals a rarely seen side of Los Angeles.
43min
May 15, 2011
2. Seattle

2. Seattle
Don uncovers the emerald city 520 feet above Seattle from the outer rim of the Space Needle. Later, Mosquito Fleet steamboats prove difficult to find in the icy waters surrounding the city.
43min
May 22, 2011
3. San Francisco

3. San Francisco
Don checks into the abandoned Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, once occupied by Scientology creator and patient L. Ron Hubbard. Later, an old WWII POW camp uncovers a heavy surveillance operation.
43min
May 5, 2011
4. Arizona

4. Arizona
Don reveals how early pioneers transformed the desert into bustling cities. He gets access to a secret missile silo that could have started World War 3. He explores a lost gold mine and a dam that helped grow the city.
43min
Jun 12, 2011
5. Tennessee

5. Tennessee
Don gets tossed overboard on a Class 4 rafting trip on his way to a secret moon-shining town. Collapsing coal mines and prehistoric caves challenge him as he navigates through the treacherous spots of Tennessee.
43min
Jun 19, 2011
6. Buffalo

6. Buffalo
Don gets access to a 100 year-old powerhouse, run by Nikola Tesla's ingenious invention, discovers a tunnel system from the early 1800s and explores the behemoth structures that line the Buffalo River-the concrete grain elevators.
43min
Jun 26, 2011
7. Secrets of New York Islands

7. Secrets of New York Islands
Don gets access to an isolated stronghold that once saved New York city, uncovers the fantasy island arsenal of the biggest arms dealer on earth, and scrambles around a forgotten relic once used to keep the depraved out of site.
43min
Oct 3, 2011
8. Dirty Secrets of Boston

8. Dirty Secrets of Boston
Don explores a side of Boston to uncover how this city has solved big problems with bold ideas - from the first subway in the US and a sewage, to a waste treatment plant that helped clean up the infamous mess in it's harbor.
43min
Oct 10, 2011
9. Transforming the Big Apple

9. Transforming the Big Apple
New York City's crowded urban concrete jungle is nearly unrecognizable from the swampy wilderness it once was. Don explores the hidden corners of New York where lost traces of the city can still be found.
43min
Sep 17, 2011
10. Hawaii

10. Hawaii
Don investigates Hawaii's bloody rituals, secret bunkers and dark underground worlds. He'll explore a hi-tech tunnel bored into a volcano and the rusting remains and twisting waterways that powered its first cash crop: sugar.
43min
Oct 24, 2011
11. St. Louis

11. St. Louis
Don enters St Louis' secret world to see how its wild ambition turned it into an industrial powerhouse. Like a colossal jungle gym, Don scales a 150 year-old bridge, explores a labyrinth of beer caves, and delves into its past.
43min
Oct 31, 2011
12. Pittsburgh

12. Pittsburgh
Don climbs the towering remains of Pittsburgh's steel industry, scales its bridges, dives into its murky rivers, and explores its tunnels to reveal how this dirty industry town turned into a hit-tech 21st century metropolis.
43min
Nov 18, 2011
13. Twin Cities

13. Twin Cities
Don explores the Twin Cities' hidden underworld, gangster hangouts and massive industries. Don reveals the secret past of these sibling cities: from monster mills to subterranean breweries and mega-engineering projects.
43min
Nov 19, 2011
14. Escaping Alcatraz

14. Escaping Alcatraz
Don pours a million dollars in gold in the Rockies, retraces the escape from Alcatraz, makes whiskey barrels in Kentucky and more.
43min
Apr 16, 2012
15. Wrestling Gators

15. Wrestling Gators
Don wrestles alligators in Florida, pilots a blimp in Ohio, explores seismic engineering in San Francisco, zip-lines underground in Louisville, follows the New York Times in New York and scales a space-age roof in Colorado.
43min
Apr 23, 2012
16. Fighting Fires

16. Fighting Fires
Don fights fire in Florida, gets a behind-the-scenes look at the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square, explores a military fortress inside a mountain, makes snow in California, disarms an IED and saves a bridge in Kentucky.
43min
Apr 30, 2012
17. Climbing Coaster/Disaster City

17. Climbing Coaster/Disaster City
Don makes bourbon in Kentucky, explores a subway project deep beneath Manhattan, climbs coasters in Ohio, saves a victim from a collapsed building and tames an inferno in Texas.
43min
May 7, 2012
18. Manning NASA's Mars Rover, Stamping Out Coins and From Toilet to Tap

18. Manning NASA's Mars Rover, Stamping Out Coins and From Toilet to Tap
Don rolls over moonscapes in the Mars Rover, burns acres of sugar cane in Florida, scales up the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, glimpses into the US Mint in Colorado, and drinks water that went from toilet to tap.
43min
May 14, 2012
19. Bobsled Racing, Automated Airport Baggage and Acrobatic Aquatic Show

19. Bobsled Racing, Automated Airport Baggage and Acrobatic Aquatic Show
Don dives beneath the glitz of Las Vegas, scales a 500-foot erector-set for NASA shuttles, races down an icy track in Utah, explores the guts of a dam being rebuilt from the ground up, and gets underneath Denver airport.
43min
May 21, 2012
20. Digging for Sea Salt, Demolishing a Bridge and Atop a Tramway

20. Digging for Sea Salt, Demolishing a Bridge and Atop a Tramway
Don tears apart old cars and cleans out the pipes at an aquarium in California, digs for sea salt in Utah, visits NASA testing grounds in Ohio, rides atop a tramcar in Palm Springs, and demolishes a bridge in New Hampshire.
43min
Jun 4, 2012
21. Entertaining With Fire and Ice

21. Entertaining With Fire and Ice
Don blasts through the streets of Ohio, climbs up to the roof of Cowboys Stadium in Texas, rips apart old cars, hides out in a bomb shelter, and goes behind the scenes of fire, water and ice spectaculars in Las Vegas.
43min
Jun 10, 2012
22. Launching Rockets

22. Launching Rockets
Don grooms an Olympic ski jump in Utah, fires off a few rounds in MA, gets front row for a rocket launch in CA, demolishes a pier and goes high-voltage in Boston.
43min
Jun 17, 2012
23. Conquering a Rodeo

23. Conquering a Rodeo
Don shoots the rapids and mucks out pig stalls in North Carolina, learns the secrets of bull riding in Texas, explores a tunnel boring machine in Miami, and stakes out early casino security in Las Vegas.
43min
Jul 14, 2012
24. Blasting Granite and More

24. Blasting Granite and More
Don dives deep into a river while bobbing for logs in South Carolina, trains with a pit crew in North Carolina and steps into the cockpit of a 767 in Louisville, Kentucky.
43min
Jul 21, 2012




























