Im jamie colby, and today im cruisin into nashville, tennessee. Music city. Im on my way to meet the sons of rock legend roy orbison. Turns out the man who gave the world oh, pretty woman, only the lonely, and you got it left his heirs an unexpected treasure, and possibly the opportunity of a lifetime. Im alex orbison. Even though my dad, roy orbison, passed away in 1988, my brothers and i, 25 years later, found something that would help us realize a lifelong dream. Alex hello. How are you . Im in hendersonville, just outside nashville, and alex has invited me to a musical landmark. Incredible. I cant believe im here. Welcome. Thank you so much. And the cash cabin. What is this place . Johnny cash built this cabin in the 80s as a getaway. One of the best Recording Studios in the world. And the families were close . Yeah, our families go back to the 50s, when johnny and roy were roommates and labelmates at sun records. I cant wait to learn more, and i would love to see inside. Of course
[ bird caws ] [ progressive rock music plays ] im jamie colby, and today i am off the beaten path i mean way off the path in the swampy lowlands of southCentral Florida. These dense marshes once harbored seminole indians and runaway slaves and, more recently, alligator poachers. Now theyre home to an oldtime florida family and a very strange inheritance. Howdy. Well, hi there. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. But whats a nice girl like you doing in the middle of nowhere in Central Florida . How do you know im a nice girl . [ laughing ] oh, i shouldnt say that. Im patty register, and my mom, marietta, passed away in 1996. She left me an inheritance with a lot of bite and with a lot of hoops to jump through. Yes, patty inherited alligators from her mother. But if only it were that simple. It rarely is with family businesses, and gatorama, the kind of oldfashioned roadside attraction you mightve run across in florida 50 years ago, is more complicated than most. Patty runs gatorama with her
Im jamie colby, and today im cruising through boone county, iowa, smack dab in the middle of corn country. Im here to meet the heirs of a man who left behind dozens and dozens of orphans. Orphan cars, that is. So, whats an orphan car . Youre about to find out. My name is jerry quam. My father, grant quam, liked to collect orphan cars, which are cars that were manufactured by companies that are no longer in existence today. Many of these are rare cars of which theres only a few known to exist. I meet up with jerry and his brother john at this modern, climatecontrolled barn. Whats in the barn . You got tractors, you got horses . Something better. Better than that . Youre gonna love this. Whoa. I am in heaven. Did you know i love cars . Ive heard a rumor. This is an incredible collection. You inherited this . Our fathers collection. I imagine theres a great story behind these cars. Each and every one. These car stories begin right up the road in roland, iowa, where john and jerrys father,
Innovative architectural designs. They evoke the grandeur of this land, particularly the Pacific Northwest. [ applause ] in 1994, pietro passes away at the age of 94. His lifes work includes over 1,000 buildings. His widow, second wife marjorie, tonys stepmom, continues to live in the architectural masterpiece in portland. But by the early 2000s, the home has fallen into considerable disrepair. That woven wood ceiling in the bedroom is coming apart. The roof is leaking. Its a mess. Marjorie begs tony to come back to portland and fix it up. But portland, and being compared to his father, is exactly what tony has avoided for his entire adult life. I was always of the theory that you can never go home. Tony agrees to fix the roof, but focuses mostly on his career, adding to his impressive list of designs, in chicago and around the globe france, turkey, saudi arabia. After marjorie dies in 2009, tony and his brother peter inherit the house that meant so much to their father. But what to do
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im headed into portland, oregon. Im meeting a man whose strange inheritance is not a family heirloom found in an attic, but an entire house, a house that perfectly frames an ageold problem how does a son follow in his fathers footsteps and still escape his shadow . My name is Tony Belluschi. Im an architect, like my father pietro. This house is among the many things he designed in his illustrious career. I only figured out what it meant to both of us long after he was gone. Tonys asked me to meet him here in downtown portland. Hi, jamie. How are you . I usually meet people in their homes. Why have you brought me here . Id like to show you a building my father designed. That building is the 12story equitable, one of americas first glass box towers, built back in 1948. It became one of the most iconic buildings not only in portland, but in the country. Tonys father pietro would go on to design and work on hundreds of landmark buildings, including n