California's Gold

Huell Howser joins Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson at UCLA to highlight the inspiring athletes and stories celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the California Special Olympics...

A moving look at early 20th-century California life through archival home movies from the Japanese-American perspective, including rare footage captured inside World War II internm...

Huell receives an exclusive, rare tour of Frank Sinatra's private mid-century modern estate in Rancho Mirage, guided by close family friend Frankie Randall. [Production Code 108]

A historic retrospective honoring the 152nd anniversary of the California Gold Rush, featuring historical artifacts, expert commentary, and a live reenactment at Sutter's Mill. [Pr...

Huell explores the dramatic history and modern reenactment of the 1937 opening ceremony that linked Lone Pine and Death Valley via a landmark highway. [Production Code 110]

A festive journey exploring the cultural heritage, diverse craftsmanship, and seasonal history behind traditional Christmas nativity scenes found across California. [Production Cod...

Huell travels to Quartzsite, Arizona, to explore the expansive winter haven and vibrant culture created by hundreds of thousands of California snowbirds. [Production Code 112]

A special showcase profiling four completely unique public schools across California, highlighting innovative educational models and historical schoolhouses. [Production Code 102]

Huell Howser spends this special episode focusing his attention on the inauguration of governors of the state of California. Huell Howser spends this episode speaking with various...

Huell Howser spends this episode traveling to beautiful, natural locations in California along Highway 395. Locations of note include the California Poppy Preserve, Big Pine, Yosem...

A definitive, hour-long compilation celebrating California's vast and mysterious desert environments, tracking hidden oases, historical landmarks, and rugged landscapes. [Productio...

The theme of this episode is trees! Join Huell as he looks back at two episodes showcasing the beauty of tree-themed roadside attractions, Trees of Mystery and Circus Trees.

This episode is all about the world renowned Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Each spring, this annual three day event attracts over 160,000 music lovers from lit...

In this special, Huell goes back and revisits episode featuring some of his desert adventures. The first half of this special Huell travels to the Salton Sea to get an up close and...

Join Huell on this special episode where he meets and speaks to John Muir*, the Scottish-American naturalist who was an early advocate for the preservation and conservation of the...

Join Huell as he spends the day with the biologists who live on the Farallon Islands and learns about this wild and beautiful place which is just a group of islands and rocks found...

Join Huell as he gets a tour of the 80,000 acre Hearst Ranch. He learns about its history and that it is actually still a working ranch… you can even try some Hearst beef!

Huell takes us on an hour-long California’s Gold special which looks at the history of In-N-Out Burger. This is the first time television cameras have ever been allowed to shoot in...

Founded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale, Mount Wilson Observatory would quickly rise to dominate astronomy worldwide. The Observatory hosts several of the most technological...

Huell meets the retired employees of Kaiser Steel in Fontana. Built in 1942, the mill supplied steel to the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond during World War II. Although the company cl...

In this one hour special, Huell takes us back in time to 1997, when he visited Northrop Grumman, where the B-2 Stealth Bomber is built. Huell then goes to Edwards Air Force Base to...