Beyond Your Backyard: Staunton, VA
​Season 3 | Episode 1 

​Erik the Travel Guy travels to a small Virginia town with a big Virginia past! In this episode, he explores Staunton’s historic architecture, visits a Presidential birthplace and library, learns a little Shakespearean stage magic and enjoys a delicious farm-to-table dinner! Big fun in small-town Virginia.   
Beyond Your Backyard: The Olympic Peninsula
Season 3 | Episode 2 
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Puget Sound the alarm! Erik the Travel Guy and Crew travel to a breathtaking National Park on the Pacific West Coast. Join them as they explore the natural beauty of Hurricane Ridge, learn about Native American culture by carving a totem pole and try their hand at shucking some of the country’s finest oysters! ​
Beyond Your Backyard: At The Helm 
Season 3 | Episode 3

​​Get your sea-legs ready, landlubbers! Erik the Travel Guy steps aboard Carnival Horizon for exclusive behind-the-scenes access with the ship’s captain and crew. He’ll visit the crew-only areas, explore the ship’s bridge and engineering, as well as witness first-hand how the crew feeds thousands of meals each week.
Beyond Your Backyard: A Return to Central PA
Season 3 | Episode 4

A return visit to this region of Pennsylvania proves to be even more fun for the whole family! Erik learns more about the French and Indian war, discovers a wild Elk herd and so much more. He also explores Cook Forest State Park, gets behind the gears of a missive piece of machinery and samples delicious rustic cuisine. So much to do we had to shoot part two! ​
Beyond Your Backyard: Bemidji, MN
Season 3 | Episode 5

Grab your swim trunks, Erik the Travel Guy heads to the land of 10,000 lakes! A charming enclave in Northern Minnesota is the setting for this episode. Erik explores the downtown arts, shopping and dining district. He learns more about the region’s lakes and state parks, plays a little golf, eats a surprisingly famous hot dog and casts his line in hopes of catching Lake Bemidji’s biggest fish.​
Beyond Your Backyard: The Outer Banks
Season 3 | Episode 6

​Erik and his crew explore the northern end of this legendary and popular destination on North Carolina’s Atlantic coast. Join him in one of the few places in the United States where wild horses still run free! Erik discovers how a beach vibe, tide and some historic lighthouses shaped this unique destination. All that, and plenty of fun and fresh seafood for all in a destination unlike any other.
Beyond Your Backyard: Muskogee
Season 3 | Episode 7

​Join Erik as he finds out why so many people are “Proud to be an Okie from Muskogee.” He and the crew travel to this quaint Oklahoma town to learn about the history of the Girl Scouts, the Trail of Tears and the local country music connection. Erik also explores the artistic public spaces, learns about the annual Renaissance festival, tours a WW2 submarine and attempts to learn the guitar.
Beyond Your Backyard: St Augustine, FL
Season 3 | Episode 8
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Lather on the SPF 50 and join Erik as he heads down to Florida’s Historic Coast! Erik visits a centuries old military fort and has coffee with the town’s most famous Gilded Age millionaire. He takes years off his life by drinking from the Fountain of Youth, enjoys an amazing, hands-on dining experience, and even tries his luck on one of the most iconic holes in golf, Hole 17 at TPC Sawgrass.
Beyond Your Backyard: Mackinac Island, MI
​Season 3 | Episode 9

Time to grab the oat bag and saddle up, folks! Erik and the Crew are hopping on a ferry and heading to a place where horses replace automobiles, and time truly slows down. They’ll explore the island’s breathtaking natural beauty, visit the famous Grand Hotel, fish in Lake Huron, stroll downtown enjoying great food and live music and even attempt a little fudge making. ​
Beyond Your Backyard: Stockholm, Sweden
​Season 3 | Episode 10

​Strap in for a long flight, we’re going WAY Beyond Your Backyard. Erik takes his first ever trip to the city of Stockholm. As with any new city he visits, Erik digs in deep - visiting Nordic museums, exploring the city’s history and architecture and enjoying an amazing meal prepared using traditional nordic techniques. Lastly we’ll “Take A Chance On” him, as he gets groovy at the ABBA museum.
About The Series 

Beyond Your Backyard is an Emmy award-winning, educational travel series highlighting destinations in North America and beyond demonstrating there’s so much more that brings us together than divides us. Emmy award-winning television personality Erik Hastings (Erik the Travel Guy) travels beyond experiences to uncover the soul of every place he visits. Each episode digs deep to educate viewers on the history and culture, delicious food, famous attractions as well as off-the-beaten-path haunts; reminding viewers us how exciting it is to share and understand one another and just how connected we really are.
Beyond Your Backyard is seen by millions each week in 90% of US households. The series is nationally syndicated on PBS and the Create Channel and is seen on 328 broadcast channels in 161 markets in 48 states in the United States. Full episodes are available on Amazon Prime, YouTube and on this site. 

Beyond Your Backyard - EMMY award-winning Season 1