Curious Traveler: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Journalist Christine van Blokland takes you to the most intriguing places in the world, to explore the mysteries of each destination's art, architecture and hidden histories. Each episode begins with a list of Curious Questions that will be answered in the episode, such as: Why are there so many French chateaux in the Loire Valley? Is Rome's Pantheon really an ancient sun dial? Why do Viking ships look different than Venetian gondolas? And why is there a floating church off the coast of Montenegro?

Series details

• Title: Curious Traveler
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Travel, History
• Premiere date: 2015-04-03
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 66293
• IMDb ID: tt4811640
• TVDB ID: 300602

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-04-03; final listed air date 2015-05-08.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-04-01; final listed air date 2017-06-17.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-10-06; final listed air date 2018-12-22.
• Season 4: premiered 2020-03-17; final listed air date 2020-05-30.
• Season 5: premiered 2022-09-01; final listed air date 2022-09-01; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2023-10-15; final listed air date 2023-12-31; episode order: 12.
• Season 7: premiered 2024-10-15; final listed air date 2024-12-10.
• Season 8: premiered 2026-04-11; final listed air date 2026-05-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from Curious Traveler on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.