10 Things You Don't Know About

The Hoover Dam is an iconic American landmark, yet within its massive walls lie tales long buried. From harrowing accounts of the men who built it, to the shocking ways they were kept in danger. There were explosive ideas on how to make a dam so large, and even more incredible ways to protect it. From the Colorado River to California’s Salton Sea, Henry’s journey to find unknown facts about the Hoover Dam is as colossal as the structure itself.

No matter what you call it–cannabis, weed, pot, ganja, bud, herb, or marijuana–this controversial plant’s roots run deep in America. And Henry isn’t shying away from digging up its long and complicated history… from its mysterious origins, to top-secret government programs, to hemp’s importance in colonial times and wartime. Marijuana’s affected the lives of every class of American–from rich businessmen to slaves on the plantation–so prepare to get high on history and let your preconceived notions go up in smoke.

Whether it’s in your pocket, in your bank account, or stuffed under your mattress, what most people don’t know about the history of their cash can fill Fort Knox. Henry travels the strange and sordid trail of currency in America… from how bills were first printed, to why have coins have ridges on them. There are bizarre stories of wishing wells, the national debt, even the U.S. Government literally setting one state’s dollars ablaze. By the end of this trip, your money will never look the same way again.

Though it’s often defined by gambling, mobsters, and broken dreams, Las Vegas has a background far more diverse–from the Depression’s impact on the city, to a President’s surprising influence, to its history as a patriotic tourist destination. It attracted the biggest personalities–a famous recluse who helped get rid of the mob, and a larger than life legend that fell victim to the city’s vices. What happened in Vegas, won’t stay in Vegas… as Henry finds that there’s more to Sin City than meets the eye.

The Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in American History–with hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers eager to stake their claim to the billions buried beneath California. Henry mines for little-known nuggets of truth about untold greed, vigilante justice, dangerous and destructive practices…. even secret societies still in existence today. See the far-out history of how Gold Fever REALLY panned out for Americans attempting to make their wildest dreams come true.