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Fire Lookout

Season 4 Episode 4003
27:44
B2 Bomber Update

B2 Bomber Update

Season 14 Episode 149
58:34
Old-Fashioned Harvest

Old-Fashioned Harvest

Season 5 Episode 5004
27:37
Desert Tower

Huell Climbs the Desert Tower Near Jacumba

Season 5 Episode 5007
27:50
Barns

Barns

Season 5 Episode 5012
27:21
Songbird of Manzanar

Huell Meets the 'Songbird of Manzanar'

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California's Gold with Huell Howser

World War II

Season 4 Episode 409

Huell goes back in time to learn about two fascinating, yet obscure, California footnotes to World War II: a German-made crane which is the largest self-propelled floating crane berthed at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, and an incident in 1942 involving a Japanese submarine that shelled the oil field of Ellwood in Goleta in Santa Barbara County.

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B2 Bomber Update
58:34
Huell goes to Edwards Air Force Base to take a look at the B-2 close up.
Shasta Dam
27:17
Huell and Luis get a behind the scenes look at this engineering marvel of Shasta Dam.
See's Candy
25:41
It started back in 1921 and quickly became one of California’s “sweetest” success stories.
Cotton
24:13
Huell spends a day in Buttonwillow, which calls itself the “Cotton Capitol of California.”
Songbird of Manzanar
25:34
Huell visits with Mary Kageyama Nomura, known as the "Songbird of Manzanar"
Masonic Cave
27:36
Huell’s off to Amador county and the town of Volcano.
Sequoia Black History
27:28
Huell joins the centennial celebration of Colonel Charles Young’s tenure.
Teardrops
24:57
Step back in time with Huell as he visits a weekend gathering of teardrop trailers.
Barns
27:21
Huell visits famous barns across California.
Desert Tower
27:50
Huell Climbs the Desert Tower Near Jacumba
Join Huell as he climbs to the top of The Desert View Tower in the Imperial Valley.
Tuolumne Meadows
27:35
Huell visits Tuolumne Meadows inside Yosemite National Park and learns about the history.
Old-Fashioned Harvest
27:37
Huell attends a lively recreation of an old-fashioned harvest near Modesto.
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