Salt Lake City Will Blaze a Trail on TTH.

Mormon Temple

Utah State Capitol Building

"This is the place" we're the words of Salt Lake City's founder, Bringham Young when he laid eyes on it in 1847.

There's history and mystery in SLC, and we'll be sure to dig it up on season two's Travel Thru History episodes.

When we're not bobbing up and down in the Great Salt Lake, we'll be visiting...

The Utah State Capitol building

The Natural History Museum of Utah

This is the Place Park

Hill Air-force Base Museum

Frontier Homestead State Park

Temple Square

For more information on travel to SLC visit www.visitsaltlake.com

Behind the Scenes - Belize Episode

So, we made it back from Belize with a lot of content for the show, and even more mosquito bites.
While we were there the Travel Thru History crew documented...

Belize City

• The Swing Bridge - A mechanical marvel that pivots a large metal bridge in the middle of a channel.
• The Baron Bliss Lighthouse
• The Belize National Museum - a collection of artifacts documenting the history of the country from the Baymen to modern times.
• Yarborough Cemetery - The first cemetery in British Honduras (Belize's former name.)

Mayan Ruins

• Lamanai - a Mayan archaeological site that encompasses a variety of Mayan temples including the Jaguar temple and the High temple.  There is also an ancient Mayan ball court. At the site there are gigantic Mayan temples completely covered by foliage that no modern person has ever laid eyes on.

The Blue Hole

• An amazing sinkhole in the ocean! It's like as if the sea had a drain plug. You can dive the Blue Hole and have a completely unique experience.

Here's some behind the scenes action.

The High Temple - Lamanai

Yaborough Cemetery - Approx. 1000 degrees.

Belize River on the way to Lamanai - Use deet.

Top of a Mayan Temple

Producers Paul and John on top of the High Temple

Off to "La Isla Bonita" - San Pedro, Belize

Mayan Air...Tropic Air,  doesn't matter it all terrifies me

Baron Bliss Lighthouse

Pro tip: The best stabilizer is your head. 

Staged photo.  Joe mostly just enjoyed the ride to Lamanai.

Off To Belize!

The Travel Thru History crew is on their way to Belize on a Mayan excursion.  There we'll investigate the ancient Mayan temples at Lamanai Outpost.

We're also visiting the Lighthouse, the Swing Bridge, the St. John's Cathedral, the Supreme Court house and the Yaborough Cemetery.

The real treat is the Big Blue Hole - a diving excursion that looks like a hole in the ocean.

Behind the scene pics to come.

New Orleans Show a Complete Success!

The New Orleans episode has been filmed and is a complete success. With so much great history, we couldn't go wrong.  I'm pretty sure this is the most content we've ever taped for one show.

Also, while were there we had amazing beignets and (if you can believe it) awesome pizza!

While we were in New Orleans we visited:

Jackson Square - Can't miss Jackson on his horse.  Classic NOLA.

St. Louis Cathedral - Experienced the splendor of an iconic American Cathedral.

Ursuline Convent - Saw the precursor to the "rubber room" for the insane. Cool and creepy.

Mardi Gras World - Video-taped what it takes to build giant parade floats in one of the most interesting places anyone could work.

Lower 9th Ward - Visited the Hurricane Katrina Memorial and stood in awe of just how high the waters rose. Imagine being trapped in your 120 degree attic, and having to use an axe to get out. Chilling.

National WWII Museum - Experienced what has got to be the best WWII museum in the country. What a collection!

Preservation Hall - An iconic NOLA jazz venue where the greatest jazz musicians have played since 1961. Think Jazz music's "Opry" except it holds about 50 people max.

French Quarter - Can't go to New Orleans without visiting the French Quarter. Pro-tip: The architecture is actually Spanish for the most part.

Jean Lefitte National Historical Park - Chalmette Battlefield - Site of the famous Battle of New Orleans. The battle that made 7th President Andrew Jackson a New Orleans legend.

Jackson Square

National WWII Museum

New Orleans Famous Beignets

Producer/Director Joe Dorsey

Producer/Director John DeMaio