[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the outskirts of chicago on my way to meet a guy whose strange inheritance takes us back to a time when american cars rule the road, america herself leads the free world, and a workingclass kid from the midwest just dreams of making it home. My name is Matt Litavsky. My father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. He chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. Hi, matt. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Its nice to meet you. I know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when were done, you got to take me for a ride in this. All right. Well see about that. Im on my best behavior. Okay. To appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. Keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. World war ii is drawing to a close. The cold war is about to begin.
[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im driving into the oldest settlement in louisiana. Its called natchitoches. Its rich in Southern Charm and civil war history. Battles raged nearby, both along and on the red river. Well, that history inspired one mans remarkable craftsmanship. But it left his son wondering what the heck to do with all the crafts. My name is Larry Atteridge. In 2008, my father passed away and left behind his lifes work a massive fleet of amazingly detailed model ships he built from scratch. Hi, larry. Im jamie. Well, hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. Great to meet you. Thanks for inviting me deep into louisiana. It sure is pretty. Well, ive got a lot to show you. Come this way. Larry invites me in to see some of his fathers civil war ships. This is one cool viewer submission. Which one is that . This is the eastport, which was on the red river here in natchitoches parish. It was one of the largest ironclads of the civ
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, thrilled to be on my latest adventure, here in San Francisco. The woman at the heart of this story also loved to travel and took home the smallest of souvenirs from every place she visited. Those tiny keepsakes could add up to abigpayday for her heirs. My name is lise mousel. For over half a century, my glamorous aunt naomi traveled the world in style. She always had a surprise for us, but the biggest one came after she passed away. [ knock on door ] i want to know more about those surprises, so i meet lise and her mother, carol, at the condo where aunt naomi lived for more than 30 years. Lise now calls the place home. Oh, i love the way its decorated minimalist. It wasnt always true, when naomi was here. Really . Yes, there was stuff everywhere. There was furniture and there were antiquities, and then there were the beads. Beads everywhere. Beads . Beads. Naomi lindstroms story begins in a tiny logging town in british columbia, canada, where shes born in
Involving the iconic american painter and illustrator. My name is don trachte jr. My siblings and i were supposed to inherit from our father one of Norman Rockwells bestknown paintings. What we got was a mystery. What the heck had dad done with it . Hi, don. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. So nice to meet you. So great to be in vermont. What is this place . This was my dads studio. Back in the 1950s, dons dad, Donald Trachte sr. , is a syndicated cartoonist working on the popular strip henry, which features a baldheaded boy, simply illustrated with clean lines and minimal backgrounds. Can you support a wife and four kids drawing henry . It was a good living. My dad had to come up with all the gags. Really . And he would have a sheet of paper next to his drawing board, and usually, hed come up with about three or four gags at a time. Were they gags about you kids . Well, sometimes they were. So life for the trachtes is pretty good here in arlington, a picturesque artists colony with a worldfamous
Im jamie colby, and today im traveling through the Willamette Valley of oregon wine country. In fact, this area is home to around 400 wineries. So you can probably guess what this episode of strange inheritance is all about. But its one that was passed down far too soon, and to a most improbable heir. My name is pascal brooks. When i was 8 years old, i inherited something that is pretty special and still blows my mind. Thank you so much for having me, pascal. Wow, it is an honor to meet you. How unusual is it for somebody your age to be in charge of all this . Im not the one that does the work. I simply own it. The 18yearold may own this winery, but he cant legally drink its product. However, he does pitch in, every so often, to get a good feel for his strange inheritance. Nice to see you helping out the family winery. Very nice. The story of how pascal became the worlds youngest owner of a winery begins with his father, jimi brooks. Janie heuck is pascals aunt. She and pascals dad, ji