Im jamie colby here in savannah, georgia, today on my way to meet a woman whose strange inheritance was built with blood, sweat and gears. My name is Sherri Anderson. My dad was a farmer who worked more than 5,000 acres of potatoes, beer barley and sugar beets, but his real bumper crop was growing inside his barns. Sherri. Hey. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. To savannah. Oh, its gorgeous and so great to meet you. Inside, sherri shows me some old photos that tell the story of her fathers 20plus years restoring cars and trucks in his barns near paul, idaho. What variety. Absolutely. He had cars dating from 1919 up to 1982. He got a 1968 mustang, which was moms cruising car, a 1928 rollsroyce. This looks special. The 1950 bentley, my personal favorite, too. The restoration wizard, callan cal phillips, born 1925. He spends his childhood working on the family wheat and potato farm in southcentral idaho. Cal serves in the pacific in world war ii, returns home to work on the family farm, gets ma
[ bird calling ] im jamie colby, and today, im in south west florida, driving through the marshy flatwoods outside punta gorda. You know, not every strange inheritance offers unexpected riches. Sometimes it can bring on a massive, screeching headache and a huge mess to clean up. Im lauri caron. In 2005, i inherited an exotic zootype Wildlife Sanctuary from my husband and continues to be wild every single day. [ lion roars ] [ birds chirping ] hi, lauri. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you, jamie. Great to meet you, too, at this animal retirement home . Yes, its pretty much like a nursing home retirement village. Were not talking about kitty cats or puppies. I heard a roar already. Can i take a look . Absolutely. Come on. As lauri gives me a behindthescenes tour, i catch a glimpse of the 100plus creatures that currently live at the octagon Wildlife Sanctuary. [ lion growls ] clearly, the sound of feeding day. Yes. In the air. Yes, absolutely. Lauri tells me every animal here is a rescue, at
South houston, texas, on my way to meet an heir who wrote me. He said he had an incredible and highly valuable inheritance linking him to a texas legend and, by the way, a Baseball Team that won its first world series in 2017. My name is Robert Harper. When my father died in 2012, i inherited a customized luxury railcar, and theres some really colorful Texas History behind it, and i still dont know what the heck to do with it. Hi, im jamie. Robert harper. Its a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to South Houston. Okay. Robert leads me into a warehouse to show me his strange inheritance. What is it exactly . Its a fullsize railcar 44 feet long, 12 feet wide. It weighs 50,000 pounds. It sat here for 41 years. It belonged to judge roy hofheinz. Judgewho,you ask . Roy hofheinz, a boy wonder who had his own law firm at age 19, became a county judge, pioneered fm radio, and was elected mayor of houston in 1952. From the mayors office, the judge, as he was known, promises to transform houston from
Im jamie colby here in savannah, georgia, today on my way to meet a woman whose strange inheritance was built with blood, sweat and gears. My name is Sherri Anderson. My dad was a farmer who worked more than 5,000 acres of potatoes, beer barley and sugar beets, but his real bumper crop was growing inside his barns. Sherri. Hey. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. To savannah. Oh, its gorgeous and so great to meet you. Inside, sherri shows me some old photos that tell the story of her fathers 20plus years restoring cars and trucks in his barns near paul, idaho. What variety. Absolutely. He had cars dating from 1919 up to 1982. He got a 1968 mustang, which was moms cruising car, a 1928 rollsroyce. This looks special. The 1950 bentley, my personal favorite, too. The restoration wizard, callan cal phillips, born 1925. He spends his childhood working on the family wheat and potato farm in southcentral idaho. Cal serves in the pacific in world war ii, returns home to work on the family farm, gets ma