ROOTS & RELICS is a documentary adventure series that uncovers America’s past through unique and compelling stories hidden inside family heirlooms, personal relics, and hidden homesteads around the United States.
Host and Curator JD Hart travels the country digging into dusty barns, forgotten attics, and long-sealed boxes to reveal the human experiences these objects carry, and meet the families preserving them.
Blending documentary investigation, historical reenactment, and immersive on-location exploration, the series celebrates the quiet power of family tradition and the stories etched into the objects we keep.

Through intimate interviews, family members share the heartfelt stories behind their treasured heirlooms. Uncovering forgotten legacies, hidden meanings, and the powerful memories tied to each artifact, from the family perspective.

Cinematic re-enactments bring the past vividly to life, and take viewers inside the moments connected to each artifact revealing the drama, emotion, and historical depth behind the relics and the families connected to them.

We step into the world where history happened. From caves and cabins to barns and backroads, we uncover the physical spaces that hold each story - revealing hidden clues, forgotten relics, and the deeper context behind every discovery.
Unique Family Heirlooms & the Stories They Tell.
Host JD Hart shares an important relic, his grandfather's 1935 Marvel guitar.
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