The Best TV Shows on Travel Channel

Every Travel Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of May 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of Travel Channel’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Leading the pack on Travel Channel are Madventures and John Ratzenberger's Made in America, with their initial broadcasts in 2002 and 2004. Travel Channel has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 2002 and as recent as 2023.

  • Bizarre Foods America
    Bizarre Foods America (2012)9.6

    Bizarre Foods America is an American television series, and a spin-off of Bizarre Foods, this time focusing on the United States rather than international travel. Andrew Zimmern travels to various cities throughout the country and samples local cuisines and ways of life. The format is similar to Bizarre Foods. The show premiered Monday January 23, 2012 at 9:00 ET on Travel Channel. Much like the popular Bizarre Foods, Andrew heads to some of the most unique food hubs in the country. Once there he meets with locals and local chefs to gain a better understanding of American cuisine and to see how America has developed its reputation as a melting pot of cultures and foods and what sort of unusual foods people in America might have in their own cities and not realize.

  • 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.

  • 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)8.1

    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.

  • John Ratzenberger's Made in America
    John Ratzenberger's Made in America (2004)8.0

    John Ratzenberger's Made in America is an American documentary television series hosted by John Ratzenberger. The series premiered January 6, 2004, on the Travel Channel. Ratzenberger visits various American manufacturers, taking the show's viewers along on the tours and showing how various everyday items are made. The show has visited a variety of factories, including Crayola, Airstream, Yankee Candle, Samuel Adams Brewery, Ruger, Delta Faucet Company, and Rodgers Instruments.

  • Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
    Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (2007)7.9

    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.

  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
    Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005)7.7

    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.

  • 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.

  • Hotel Impossible
    Hotel Impossible (2012)7.6

    Hotel Impossible is a reality television program from Travel Channel in which struggling hotels receive an extensive makeover by veteran hotel operator Anthony Melchiorri and his team. The show premiered on April 9, 2012.

  • 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.

  • Booze Traveler
    Booze Traveler (2014)7.5

    Actor/adventurer Jack Maxwell learned a lot working in South Boston bars, and one lesson stood out: Enjoy a couple of drinks with a stranger, and the whole world opens up. Those experiences inspired "Booze Traveler," which follows Maxwell to various countries to quench his curiosity about what people drink, why, and the tales it prompts. In Armenia, Belize, Lithuania, Mongolia, Nepal and elsewhere, Maxwell learns its intoxicating traditions, meets with locals, joins in activities, and even helps with the alcohol-making process. He finds a unique drink, makes friends and shares stories in each spot.

  • Portals to Hell
    Portals to Hell (2019)7.4

    Jack Osbourne and his paranormal researcher Katrina Weidman search for ghosts.

  • Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room
    Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room (2020)7.4

    Paranormal investigators Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley are opening up to viewers as they’ve never done before. The guys are kicking back in their screening room to watch their favorite episodes of the hit series "Ghost Adventures" and get candid with fans – and each other – about their craziest experiences over the past decade. Away from the haunted locations we usually see them in, with no equipment or investigations, it’s just the team, some munchies and never-before-heard stories from the moments that created a legacy. Get ready for laughs, screams and surprises alongside the crew in the ultimate tell-all event.

  • Kindred Spirits
    Kindred Spirits (2016)7.2

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

  • The Dead Files
    The Dead Files (2011)6.8

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

  • 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.

  • Bridget's Sexiest Beaches
    Bridget's Sexiest Beaches (2009)5.0

    Bridget Marquardt travels to various countries to explore their beaches, meet the locals, participate in various adventurous activities, and enjoy the nightlife.