Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeve and gets dirty making giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry. Mike also gets down and dirty with the US Army Corps of Engineers as they conduct yearly maintenance on a hurricane barrier that was raised from the oceans floor. Mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Join the intrepid Mike Rowe as he heads to a farm specializing in making garden pots from cow manure; he them visits California to check out the state's salmon population.