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  • AMERICA'S LOST TREASURES

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Curt Doussett and Kinga Philipps are on a quest to find objects with unexpected value and incredible stories forgotten in America’s basements, barns, attics, and backyards. From a Civil War drum and a Native American tobacco bag to a 19th-century steamboat chair and a 150-million-year-old stegosaurus bone, some of our nation’s great treasures are waiting to be discovered... and might even be worth a small fortune!

EPISODE GUIDE

  • America's Lost Treasures: Los Angeles
    With ancient dinosaur fossils, C-melody saxophones and antique rifles, Curt and Kinga have their hands full at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Santa Ana
    Curt and Kinga challenge the residents of Orange County to come up with their most precious lost treasures at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana
  • America's Lost Treasures: New Orleans
    In New Orleans, the city famed for Mardi Gras and Dixieland jazz, Curt and Kinga check out personal treasures at The Cabildo.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Savannah
    In grasslands around the world, we go under the microscope to reveal the bio-mechanics and astonishing abilities that allow animals to survive.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Milwaukee
    Curt and Kinga are astounded when their trip to Milwaukee uncovers 4.5 metre wide mosaics of Christopher Columbus that could be worth over a million dollars.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Austin
    Curt and Kinga take the treasure hunt to Texas where they learn a ten-gallon hatful of history, before making their final selections including a Colt Peacemaker owned by a famous Texas Ranger.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Kansas City
    A revolver owned by Jesse James? An original copy of the Kansas Constitution? Curt and Kinga may have found some amazing treasures in Kansas City – if they can confirm their authenticity.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Philadelphia
    Curt and Kinga investigate a letter seal used by Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Wilmington
    Curt and Kinga are discovering amazing treasures worth thousands of dollars at the famed Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Delaware.
  • America's Lost Treasures: Burbank
    Has the America’s Lost Treasures team confirmed the discovery of a new species? It could be history in the making for Curt and Kinga at the Autry National Center in Burbank, California.
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