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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

CNN's Bill Weir tells the stories of extraordinary people, places, cultures and creatures at a crossroads.

This Saturday: Patagonia

From high school dropout to renowned conservationist

How foreigners saved Patagonia's wilderness

'The Wonder List: Handmade'

About 'Handmade'

In 'The Wonder List: Handmade Edition,' take a step back from our mass-produced, digital existence to celebrate the artisans and preservationists dedicated to quality handmade goods and services. From a master bladesmith to a third generation guitar-carving family, meet extraordinary people still committed to old world artisanship.

Harlem hat maker puts people before business

Inside New York's oldest bookstore

Why this actress made a sharp turn off Broadway

Meet one of New York's last typewriter repairmen

This seltzer never goes flat

Former furniture shop now makes guitars

The best of seasons 1 and 2

Namibia and Botswana

Even though Rhino horn is made of the same substance as your finger nails, millions believe it is medicine, or purchase it as a status symbol. This is one of four white rhinos purchased from a game farm in South Africa, about to be released to the wild, in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Pound for pound on the black market, rhino horn is worth more than gold, or cocaine. Across southern Africa, an average of four Rhinos are poached, every day. As of recent estimates, they're on track to be extinct within a decade.

Can hunters save the rhino?

Former hunter on why he laid down his gun

Go on safari in Namibia and Botswana

The Colorado River

The Wonder List Production Stills - Colorado River

How much drinking and fighting can a river take?

Bill Weir gets stuck along the Colorado River

How long will the Colorado River flow?

Iceland

Gullfoss waterfall, part of Iceland's "Golden Circle" of natural wonders -- Iceland leads the developed world in clean water and power.

Why they're not sold on marriage

'I've never seen anything like' Iceland

Aerial views of Iceland

Cuba

A 1955 Chevy Bel Air Ð one of thousands of old American cars that still fill the streets of Havana. Cubans lucky enough to keep the cars pristine and running now ferry tourists around town for $40/hour Ð twice what the average Cuban earns in a month.

Where pride triumphs over frustration

Behind-the-scenes in Havana

What does Cuba look like today?

Bhutan

Perched above the capital, gold painted Dakinis - the angels of the Buddhist world - look over the valley below.

What do they know about happiness that we don't?

Getting the perfect shot in Bhutan

Bhutan: A happy kingdom at risk of change

Vanuatu

Where money doesn't matter and everyone's a friend

Is there a Hawaii without hotels?

Drone + volcano = the perfect shot

The Galapagos Islands

03 TWL galapagos

Ground zero for Earth's next mass extinction?

Darwin's paradise is disappearing

Sea water and cameras don't mix

Ikaria

12 TWL Ikaria

The island where people forget to die

The secret to eating right for a long life

Keeping up with some of the oldest people on earth

India

Can man and man-eater co-exist?

Farm land may be tigers' last chance

Waiting for India's leaping monkeys

The Dead Sea

A rusty old dock lying atop a desert encrusted in salt. What used to be the shoreline of the Dead Sea now lies hundreds of feet from the waters edge.

A holy land in peril

Surprise visit to abandoned Israeli bunker

Swimming in the 'mouth of hell'

Venice

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Venice's sink or swim moment

Take a trip down the Grand Canal

Staying dry as plazas floods

The Everglades

Have we drained its future?

The Everglades are on life support

Can we undo decades of damage?

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