Hi everyone! I'm Petty Kim. Today our destination is Japan, a country that steeped in tradition, but one that also lives on the cutting edge of the future. It's one of the few places in the world where tradition and change go hand in hand. A place bu...
Hello, I am Petty Kim. We're packing our bags for Brazil on a journey that'll take us from some fabulous beaches to the unspoiled depths of the Amazon rainforest. Not to mention, one of the biggest festivals in the world. Roughly the size of the cont...
In this small town in Provence, they are gathered to give thanks for their blessings. Saint Antoine gave us truffles, the villagers of Richerenches sing at the annual truffle mass. They are even willing to pay for it. The collection plate is filling...
Gaston Santos Senior is famous across Mexico. In a 30-year-career, he's fought 2,000 bulls, becoming a legend in a sport many consider appallingly cruel. Is there no violence in hockey or boxing? It's in our nature. We have become predominant in this...
Mecca sits in the western mountains of Saudi Arabia, in a sanctuary roughly 100 mile square. Since long before Islam, it has been considered sacred territory where no one could hunt, cut trees or fight. At the heart of the city is a great mosque call...
For generations, its been called Americas national pastime. Baseball has come to be seen as a defining part of the American culture, an enduring tie born from a diverse and sprawling young country. But the big business and athletic heroes that charac...
Tequila may look like many other sleepy little towns as locals pass their time in this quiet central Mexican city of 35,000, but not far from the towns square is one of the most recognizable company names in business--the headquarters of Jose Cuervo...
Six times a year, these giants battle each other for top placement in Japan's most beloved traditional sport--Sumo. Highly ritualized, the sport dates back more than a thousand years, originating as a rite of the Shinto religion. Matches are a true w...
Kibcob will soon face his first great step on the road to priesthood. He hopes to take part in the most important ceremony of the Ethiopian Orthodox ChurchTimkat, the feast of the Epiphany, celebrating the baptism of Christ. Although Epiphany is cele...
In the countryside of Argentina, cowboy life has scarcely changed over the past three centuries. The gaucho is a hero here, a legendary figure larger than life. But these are the real gauchos, men who still live this life the way as the gaucho. If th...
Over centuries, the Irish built a rich heritage of castles and monuments, using an abundance of local stone. Now many of the structures are damaged. The stone is decaying. Thanks in part to Irelands notoriously damp weather, these sites are in danger...
Intensely blue, the waters around Bermuda are warmed by the Gulf Streamone of the world's largest and swiftest oceanic currents. Humpback whales pass through these waters each year, migrating from polar feeding grounds. These waters are also known to...
Here, the story goes, Oedipus first learned his fate. The Oracle of Delphi, speaking for the god Apollo, told him he would kill his father and marry his mother. As many of us learned in school, despite all his efforts, Oedipus was unable to escape hi...
Time stopped in the year 79 AD. Mt. Vesuvius erupted, sealing two Italian towns in ash, mud and lava: the better-known city of Pompeii and the seaside resort of Herculaneumit was a vacation spot of choice for wealthy Romans. In 1752, workers excavati...
In the fertile（肥沃的） valleys of central California, wine-making has grown into a giant industry and many of the family vineyards that helped develop the area still operate today. But in an era when people are increasingly concerned about the...
