In the first episode, George travels 650 miles from New Orleans in Louisiana to the Deep South Cowboy Capital of the World in Bandera, Texas. He learns how waves of immigration from Europe over 300 years has shaped the distinctly different styles of architecture found across these two states.

In Florida, George visits NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, and discovers how storms created the opportunity to build over 800 Art Deco buildings in Miami