The Unseen World
This inventive new show gives viewers inside access to fascinating sights they might not otherwise find on the beaten path. The first season of The Unseen World highlights locations such as Howard Finster's Paradise Garden; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; The Mothman Museum; City Museum in St. Louis; Expedition: Bigfoot; The Flatwoods Monster Museum; The Georgia Guidestones; Doll's Head Trail; Ruby Falls; and Rock City. There are sites across the country that showcase the ingenuity, creativity, and history of human beings, many of which are unknown even to their own residents. The Unseen World is designed to spotlight these locations, where geographical artifacts stand as testaments to these acts. From unique artistic minds to historic tragedies to shadowy myths, The Unseen World brings the stories of these places to life.
- 2019-2024
- 2 seasons
- Luken Communications
- Documentary, Reality
This inventive new show gives viewers inside access to fascinating sights they might not otherwise find on the beaten path. The first season of The Unseen World highlights locations such as Howard Finster's Paradise Garden; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; The Mothman Museum; City Museum in St. Louis; Expedition: Bigfoot; The Flatwoods Monster Museum; The Georgia Guidestones; Doll's Head Trail; Ruby Falls; and Rock City. There are sites across the country that showcase the ingenuity, creativity, and history of human beings, many of which are unknown even to their own residents. The Unseen World is designed to spotlight these locations, where geographical artifacts stand as testaments to these acts. From unique artistic minds to historic tragedies to shadowy myths, The Unseen World brings the stories of these places to life.
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2021 - 2024
Episode 1
City Museum and the Museum of Wonder
Fri, Jan 8, 2021 30 mins
The story behind a one hundred fifty thousand-square-foot, ten-story playground and the man who brought it to life. Then, how the discovery of a single fossil led to the creation of a drive-through museum and kick-started a folk-art career you should really bone up on.
Episode 2
Te-lah-nay's Wall and the Crystal Shrine Grotto
Fri, Jan 15, 2021 21 mins
The story of a man who built the mile-long stone wall that wraps around an Alabama forest and the woman who inspired it. Then, the man-made cave buried on the grounds of a funeral home.
Episode 3
Billy Tripp's Mindfield and the Mindfield Museum
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
The man who wrote a journal to himself out of salvaged steel and water towers. And the eclectic museum at its feet.
Episode 4
The Gourd Place and the Apron Museum
Fri, Jan 29, 2021
A teacher quits her job to start a gourd empire. Then, one woman's mission to preserve the history of aprons.
Episode 5
La Brea Tarpits and the Media Archeology Lab
Fri, Feb 5, 2021
A look inside the sticky history of the La Brea Tarpits. Then, a computer lab that's a blast from the past.
Episode 6
Pasaquan
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
A lone saint starts a new religion and builds his own colorful paradise.
Episode 7
Erwin and the Lunch Box Museum
Fri, Feb 19, 2021
The Town of Erwin, Tennessee reckons with its past and then one man keeps the past alive by opening a lunch box museum.
Episode 8
Frozen Dead Guy Days
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
How a frozen body started a yearly festival in the mountain town of Nederland, Colorado.
Episode 9
The Land of Oz
Fri, Mar 12, 2021
A once abandoned theme park and the family that brought it back.
Episode 10
Helvetia, WV Fasnacht & Helen, GA Oktoberfest
Wed, Oct 2, 2024
Join The Unseen World for a look at two European traditions celebrated in America... The Swedish festival of Fasnacht, a merrymaking fest to kick off Lent celebrated in a rural town in West Virginia. Plus, we'll check out the longest running, and most traditional Oktoberfest in US history held annually in the scenic mountains of North Georgia along the Chattahoochie River.
Episode 11
The Woodruff-Fontaine House and Museum
Thu, Oct 31, 2024
Tag along to one of the last standing pillars of Memphis Tennessee's "Millionaires Row" and a location that housed many of the social elites that shaped Memphis into the city it is today. Our deep dive into the history of this home highlights the cultural significance of the house and its occupants, some rumored to still roam the halls as ghosts.
Episode 12
The Read House in Chattanooga and Earnestine & Hazels in Memphis
Thu, Oct 31, 2024
Take a dive into two of Tennessee's most talked about haunted places...Starting with Chattanooga's historical Read House and the spooky happenings of room 311. Then, we'll travel to Earnestine and Hazel's, one of the oldest bars in Memphis with a legacy of ghostly sightings.