First, Maggie McCain-Davis has a farmhouse in Bloomington, Ind., but that farmhouse meant much more to the early settlers of the 1800s. Next, in Linfield, Penn., Cookie Sheerer took a home fit for a thriller movie and unearthed a story of a family with ties to Hollywood superstars of the Golden Age. Then, Nancy and Doug and Bryant of South Haven, Mich., treasure their 1884 colonial, but the real treasures were found in the house and on the edge of the estate. Finally, Fred Martens and Warren Liang of Cincinnati, Ohio discovered that they had walked right into their own mystery, upon closer inspection of their home.

First, in Sandusky, Ind., Michelle and Chris Komora took an old school and made it into a home. Along the way, they found a Hollywood hoop dream come to life. Next, Joyce Jackson and Patrick Mealey of Perry, Maine, rescued an old home and then found the remnants of the first family who loved and lived at the home. Then, with 200 years of history surrounding them, Sarah and Jim Spruill of Cheraw, SC, had heartwarming history, even in the shade of trees on the lawn. Finally, Deborah Stone of Eutaw, Ala., restored her plantation home and fell in love with the homeowners.