In the Americas Season 2
A travelogue that explores the landscapes, people and histories of North and South America.
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In the Americas Season 2 Full Episode Guide
A wintertime visit to Yellowstone National Park.
California's Sierra Nevada is toured with tectonic specialist Eldridge Moores.
Season 2 opens in Tultepec, Mexico, a small city near Mexico City that specializes in the production of fireworks.
The Season 2 finale visits northern Oaxaca, Mexico, where the indigenous Chinantec people speak by whistling as well as talking.
The ancient Maya city of Tizimín on the Yucatán peninsula is visited.
The excavation of the Maya city of Ceibal along the Passion River in the Petén forest of Guatemala is examined.
Panama City is visited. A pivotal shipping port, it is considered the Hong Kong of the Americas.
The story of Japanese peasants who relocated to the Amazon in the early 1920s. Their descendants have become successful farmers, raising tropical crops and pepper.
A visit to Salvador, Brazil, which is considered the center of African-Brazilian culture.
A visit to southern Chile, which is home to Mapuche Indians as well as German and Italian immigrant communities.
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