The Best TV Shows on Travel Channel

Every Travel Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of September 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of Travel Channel’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Some of the best tv shows from Travel Channel include Madventures and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, airing in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Boasting a rich catalog, Travel Channel features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 2002 to 2023.

  • Mysteries at the Museum
    Mysteries at the Museum (2010)9.1

    Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.

  • Destination Fear
    Destination Fear (2019)8.6

    You saw him on Ghost Adventures, now, Dakota Laden takes his sister and best friend on a cross-country road trip to visit the most haunted locations in America.

  • Madventures
    Madventures (2002)8.3

    Riku and Tunna travel around the globe on a shoestring budget, carrying nothing but their backpacks and a camera, on a quest to reveal the most bizarre and dangerous secrets of the planet. No crew, no security, no limits.

  • Paranormal Caught on Camera
    Paranormal Caught on Camera (2019)8.2

    Some of the most amazing, eye-opening and downright scary paranormal videos from around the world are featured as a panel of experts break down the footage and analyze what exactly the eyewitnesses captured.

  • Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
    Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (2007)8.0

    Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a travel and cuisine television show hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT. Bizarre Foods focuses on regional cuisine from around the world which is typically perceived by Americans as being disgusting, exotic, or bizarre. In each episode, Zimmern focuses on the cuisine of a particular country or region. He typically shows how the food is procured, where it is served, and, usually without hesitation, eats it. Originally a one-hour documentary titled Bizarre Foods of Asia, repeated showings on the Travel Channel drew consistent, considerable audiences. In late 2006, it was decided to turn the documentary into a weekly, one-hour show with the same premise and with Andrew Zimmern as the host. In 2009, Zimmern took a break from Bizarre Foods to work on one season of the spin-off Bizarre World.

  • Expedition Unknown
    Expedition Unknown (2015)7.9

    The adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe.

  • Paranormal Lockdown
    Paranormal Lockdown (2016)7.8

    Nick Groff, a paranormal investigator who's "on a mission to discover something new in the paranormal field", and his paranormal researcher Katrina Weidman spend 72 hours together locked down in the most haunted locations in their quest to learn more about the unknown. They stay with the dead at these reportedly haunted places, many of which have never been filmed for a production and some will be investigated for the first time on television. Groff and Weidman believe, that "the longer they stay, the more the spirits will communicate with them and the more information they can gather about the unknown".

  • Ghost Adventures
    Ghost Adventures (2008)7.7

    Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.

  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
    Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005)7.6

    Anthony Bourdain uncovers the best cuisine across the world. At each location, Tony dives headfirst into life's colorful and rich pageant, bringing his intellectual curiosity, empathy, wit and boundless appetite.

  • Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations
    Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (2015)7.6

    Featuring the not-to-be-missed legendary foods that define a location. These are the unique dishes we're willing to travel halfway around the world to sample. Each episode features one locale and at least four of five iconic foods that define the location. Delicious Destinations explores how they are made and take viewers inside the kitchens, factories and farms where these foods are created. We dig into the origin of these popular foods and how they've evolved over time. And for those who like their meals well-seasoned, we dish on the sometimes special lingo associated with these foods and the surprising table manners you absolutely need to know. This is a series that is guaranteed to make you hungry!

  • Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life
    Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2023)7.6

    Master of Horror Eli Roth presents true stories of hauntings that have shattered the lives of the people who have experienced them.

  • Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox
    Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox (2018)7.1

    Actress Megan Fox has peeked behind the curtain of some of these ancient sites, igniting an insatiable curiosity to learn more about these lost worlds. She embarks on an epic international journey to investigate and find answers to these enduring mysteries.

  • The Dead Files
    The Dead Files (2011)6.9

    Psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi investigate locations that are reported to be haunted.

  • Kindred Spirits
    Kindred Spirits (2016)6.9

    Ghost hunters Adam Berry and Amy Bruni help real families who claim to be bedeviled by paranormal activity in their homes.

  • Man v. Food
    Man v. Food (2008)6.5

    Food fanatic Adam Richman has held nearly every job in the restaurant biz, and now he's on a journey to explore the biggest and best eats this nation has to offer, including some of the craziest eating challenges around.

  • Man v. Food
    Man v. Food (2017)6.5

    Casey Webb travels the country in search of America's most delicious dishes and ultimate eating challenges.

  • The Osbournes Want to Believe
    The Osbournes Want to Believe (2020)6.3

    During each hour-long episode, Jack will reveal a series of mind-blowing paranormal clips from the great beyond for his parents, Ozzy and Sharon, to witness. From Bigfoot to UFOs, poltergeists, creepy dolls and unexplained apparitions, the couple will review – and critique – each caught-on-camera moment, a compilation of Jack’s favorite pieces of evidence.

  • Urban Legend
    Urban Legend (2022)5.9

    This nightmarish anthology series, under the creative guidance of master of horror Eli Roth, showcases classic urban legends as you've never seen them before. Featuring lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures and twisting tales, these disturbing legends prey on our most deeply embedded fears to shock and terrify.

  • America Unearthed
    America Unearthed (2012)5.1

    Forensic geologist Scott Wolter explores mysteries, artifacts and relics to reveal a history of the North American continent not taught in school.

  • Metropolis
    Metropolis (2015)2.0

    Metropolis explores one important world city each episode, uncovering rich historical secrets behind its extraordinary location. A travel guide to iconic cities around the world, highlighting hidden secrets, signature foods and cultural idiosyncrasies.