The Best TV Shows on Travel Channel

Every Travel Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

From 2004 through to 2023, Travel Channel has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Peruse our comprehensive roster of Travel Channel’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of July 2025. Among Travel Channel’s finest offerings are John Ratzenberger's Made in America and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which debuted in 2004 and 2005, respectively.

  • Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns
    Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns (2021)9.5

    Renowned TAPS team members Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango, along with Shari DeBenedetti, reunite to revisit their most chilling cases and investigate disturbing new hauntings.

  • Ghost Nation
    Ghost Nation (2019)9.3

    Paranormal investigators and ghost-hunting pioneers Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango respond to urgent calls from local paranormal investigators nationwide who have reached a dead end with their high-stakes personal cases.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)7.8

    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".

  • Expedition Bigfoot
    Expedition Bigfoot (2019)7.8

    An elite team of Sasquatch specialists journey into the unforgiving Oregon wilderness in search of Bigfoot. The three-week expedition, based on science and expertise, may finally pull the elusive beast out of the pages of legend and lore and into reality.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)7.1

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror
    Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror (2023)6.0

    Jack Osbourne continues his journey into the paranormal and embarks on some of the most spine-tingling investigations of his career alongside friends and family.