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# Episodes
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Episodes of travelwishtv
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The Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester Mystery House, in San Jose, California, was built by the heir to the Winchester Rifle fortune. Paranoid that angry spirits killed by the rifles would haunt her, Sarah Winchester began a bizarre architecture project that would not be completed until she finally died 38 years later. Sarah would wake up in the morning and enter a séance room, where she believed “good” spirits would give her instructions on how to build the house to ward of the angry ones, and then she would give th...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
02:29
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Surreal Vegas
A town in the middle of the desert devoted to outrageous excess, there is probably not a weirder place in America than Las Vegas, when you really think about it. And true to it's reputation, Sin City has some of the oddest travel destinations in America. One of the entertainers long associated with Vegas was the flamboyant, “perenial bachelor,” nudge nudge, wink wink, Liberace, who has his own museum dedicated to him in Vegas. Check out Liberace museum to see a collection of his outrageous sta...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
02:22
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America's Stonehenge
The mysterious and prehistoric Stonehenge in England is one of the world's most fascinating locations, so fascinating that many Americans have attempted to recreate their own versions in the US. Railroad exec Sam Hill had a scale model Stonehenge built in Maryhill, Washington, as a World War 1 memorial which was started in 1918 and took 12 years to complete. Nuberg, Georgia's “Georgia Guidestones” were paid for by a mysterious man with a fake name, “RC Christian,” who gave 50,000 dollars to a ...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
02:31
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Jesus, in the Statue
extreme religious beliefs and competition to be bigger and better. The larger than life Jesus at the Mormon visitor's center in Salt Lake City Utah comes complete with the belief that Jesus visited the area after his resurrection, an American pitstop not covered by any other Christian texts. Christ of the Deep in Key Largo, Florida, is a nine foot tall Christ statue that is sunken in 25 foot deep water, and it's a popular site for underwater weddings. Only in Florida. And a 62 foot tall Jesus ...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
02:06
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The Burt Reynolds Museum
The Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum in Jupiter, Florida is located near his boyhood home and features a lifesize Reynolds cutout that looks so much like the actor that you might ask it for an autograph. The museum is filled with awards that Reynolds won, including his six consecutive Favorite Male Motion Picture Actor awards he collected from 1979- 1984. Memorabilia from his films litters the museum, including the unlucky canoe from “Deliverance,” and Burt's automotive costar from “Smokey and...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
01:56
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The King's Graceland
Giant monuments to superheroes and mythological characters, recreations of Stonehenge made of old cars, and giant coffee pots...lots of giant coffee pots for some strange reason... litter America's highways. That's why we're going to take a look at some of the most offbeat destinations in America. And nothing says all American quirk quite like a visit to the home of the King of Rock and Roll. That's right, Elvis's Graceland mansion, in Memphis Tennessee. His former home has been converted into...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
02:27
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The Real Jurrasic Park
65 million years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth, but you can still catch a glimpse of these giant beats... as concrete and wooden roadside attractions. Multiple “dinosaur parks” are still littered throughout the US countryside, attracting curious tourists with their awe inspiring size, and sometimes comically unscientific look. Rapid City, South Dakota's Dinosaur Park is at the top of the hill and features large scale dinos that have a more cartoonish than accurate look to them. These replica ...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
03:03
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Welcome To Deadwood
We've been talking about offbeat American vacation pit stops, and the historic town of Deadwood, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, doesn't get anymore offbeat or American. The hisorical site where Wild Bill Hicock died and Calamity Jane spent time living in was a den of sin during the old West. As depicted in the highly acclaimed HBO series “Deadwood,” the town was full of cursing, fighting, corruption, hookers, gambling, and lots and lots of drinking. Which is why the modern “gambling halls...
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Release date
Oct 17, 2008
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Runtime
01:58
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Welcome To The Borden Bed And Breakfast
High society members Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts in August of 1892. Both of their skulls had been crushed in, and police thought the hatchet they discovered in the basement was the murder weopon. Their 32 year old daughter, Lizzy Borden, who lived in the house with her parents, was the prime suspect, but she was aqquited and the murders were never solved. Over 100 years after the murders, the scene of the grisly crime has been converted...
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Release date
Oct 16, 2008
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Runtime
02:24
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Road Trip Travel Tip - Pets On The Road
Liesel Hlista Tells You How To Take Care of Your Pets On a Road Trip. travelwishtv.com
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Release date
Jun 30, 2008
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Runtime
01:42
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