Season 1

America the Beautiful tells the story of the frontier and wildlife closest to America’s heart. We explore the woods that Davy Crocket once called home in the Great Valley of Appalachia, and where Wild Bill Hickok saw his last sunset in the Badlands of South Dakota.

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Episode 12018-03-02

The Mighty Mississippi

The Mississippi, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers combine.

Episode 22018-03-09

Into the Appalachians

East meets Wild West in The Badlands of South Dakota. Famous frontier towns, Crazy Horse, and U.S. Presidents are immortalized here, but living legends thrive just over the hills.

Episode 32018-03-16

Secret Life of a Farm

The northern Land of Lakes is a lush realm of forests and wet bogs – but in winter, it’s governed by snow and ice. Timber wolves search widely with their powerful noses, while great greys- the largest owls in North America -plunge deep into the snow for a meal.

Episode 42018-03-23

Land of 10000 Lakes

Down on the Farm, people and animals in America’s heartland face a life fraught with risk and danger. In order to share the abundant ecosystem with farmers and their tools, it’s safest for wildlife on the fringes: in the field, above the hayloft, and hidden under plow.

Episode 52018-03-30

Into the Badlands

East meets Wild West in The Badlands of South Dakota. Herds of bison roam the grasslands, as much at home as the mustangs on a nearby mountain plateau.

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