February 1, 2016 • 29m
Michael begins his American odyssey in New York City. Starting at Grand Central Terminal, the 'gateway to the nation', he boards t...Read more
February 2, 2016 • 29m
Michael continues his American journey in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of N...Read more
February 3, 2016 • 29m
From Manhattan, Michael follows his Appleton's Guide east, travelling on the Long Island Railroad. He begins in Brooklyn, where he...Read more
February 4, 2016 • 29m
Michael follows America's mighty Hudson River north, riding on the United States' national rail carrier service, Amtrak. He learns...Read more
February 5, 2016 • 29m
Michael Portillo continues his railroad journey through New York State following his Appleton's Guide. Beginning in the city of Po...Read more
February 8, 2016 • 29m
Michael heads west through New York State. He has a lightbulb moment in Schenectady, when he discovers how Thomas Edison's General...Read more
February 9, 2016 • 29m
Michael braves the awesome power and drenching spray of Niagara Falls on the Maid of the Mist to share what artists, daredevils an...Read more
February 10, 2016 • 29m
Michael embarks on a new railroad journey from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, south to the first permanent English colo...Read more
February 11, 2016 • 29m
Michael hitches a ride with the Amish in a horse-drawn buggy through rich countryside settled in the 18th century by religiously o...Read more
February 12, 2016 • 29m
Michael reaches a milestone on his American journey: the boundary between the northern and southern states, known as the Mason-Dix...Read more
February 15, 2016 • 29m
In Baltimore, home of the first railroad in the United States, the Baltimore and Ohio, he discovers how the first American steam e...Read more
February 16, 2016 • 29m
Michael arrives in the nation's capital, Washington DC. He admires its fine public buildings, including the largest library in the...Read more
February 17, 2016 • 29m
On this leg, Michael soaks up some old-school jazz in Washington's U Street neighbourhood, where the big band jazz king, Duke Elli...Read more
February 18, 2016 • 29m
Michael Portillo arrives in Manassas, scene of two crucial battles during the American Civil War - the first railroad battles in U...Read more
February 19, 2016 • 29m
In Petersburg, Virginia, the choir of the First Baptist Church is in fine voice as Michael discovers how, during the 19th century,...Read more