A historian and collector, Chase Pipes searches for unique natural history items to display in the Smoky Mountain Relic Room, which he operates as co-owner. Chase Pipes also documents his field expeditions in an educational YouTube series called Chasing History.

A July 2022 episode of Chasing History features a visit to Poverty Point in northeast Louisiana, where Native American hunter-gatherer societies created a series of mounds and earthworks. Situated across three square kilometers, the site is remarkable for its rarity. Typically, hunter-gatherer communities did not create permanent structures at such a large scale.

The site, in the middle of vast flatlands, was likely chosen to provide protection from flooding while offering access to the rich resources of the floodplain. Archeologists have discovered domestic tools and stones that came from up to 800 miles away, which leads them to believe the site was a significant residential and ceremonial center. In 2014, Poverty Point earned designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of just four archeological sites in the United States to receive the distinction.