A toast to curiosity. 

World-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy-winning television personality Anthony Bourdain was a storytelling titan. When he visited a place, he threw checklists out the door and let his hunger to genuinely understand where he was lead the way, a philosophy that helped others experience the world differently and other travel shows try to replicate to this day.

On what would have been his 70th birthday today, we honor his life, legacy and that radical curiosity that inspired us all and was the blueprint for the CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Stream the award-winning series and never-before-streamed episodes in Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Prime Cuts, too. Available exclusively on the CNN app.

Relive Bourdain’s travels.