Modern Marvels

1. Glue

The ubiquitous uses of glue are profiled.

2. F/A-22 Raptor

Engage the satellite navigation, fire-up the fuel cell, and activate the rada...

3. Machines of D-Day

In June 1944, the greatest machine of World War Two springs into action, made...

4. John Hancock Center

The history behind Chicago's John Hancock Center.

5. World's Biggest Machines 3

Giant robots on the factory floor and in outer space. A floating fortress tha...

6. Secret Japanese Aircraft of WWII

Designed in the late 1950s by aeronautical genius Kelly Johnson at the myster...

7. Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters

In a carnivorous world, a butcher is a necessary link in the food chain, carv...

8. Cowboy Tech

A look at how the tools of the cowboy trade came to be and how they are made ...

9. Sewers

10. Lube Job

The history, development, and current technologies in car maintenance.

11. Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of WWII

Come in from the cold while we explore some of Earth's most frigid places and...

12. B-2 Bomber

The story of America's B-2 stealth bomber.

13. Nature Tech: Lightning

An in-depth look at the technology conceived or developed by America’s first ...

14. HMS Victory

Examine the colorful history of the premier flight test center, and America’s...

15. Cereal: History in a Bowl

The history of one of the worlds most popular breakfast foods: cereal includi...

16. SWAT

17. Deadliest Weapons

In this fiery hour, we profile five of man's deadliest weapons, focusing on t...

18. The Doomsday Clock

Developed in 1947 as an image to symbolize urgency in the Cold War and the th...

19. The Basement

Venture down that creaky staircase to explore the most misunderstood room in ...

20. Paint

From the Impressionist canvas to the Space Shuttle…from customized hotrods to...

21. Mega Movers

22. Punishment

23. Bricks

The history of civilization has been built on the back of brick, and it’s bee...

24. Glue

It’s Super! It’s Krazy! And it can be found in everything from carpet to comp...

25. F/A-22 Raptor

Built around “first look, first shot, first kill” design, the F/A-22 Raptor, ...

26. Civil War Tech

America protects its homeland with the most technologically advanced military...

27. Machines of D-Day

June 6, 1944–the greatest machine of World War Two springs into action. It is...

28. John Hancock Center

A steel giant standing 1,107 feet high on broad shoulders, this vertical city...

29. The Cape Cod Canal

In a battle against the ferocious Atlantic or safe passage through waters whe...

30. Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II

In the 1930s, Japanese designers created a range of warplanes, culminating in...

31. Future Tech

A paper-thin, wall-sized holographic television…a car that runs on processed ...

32. Edison Tech

He was the father of the future…electric lights, power systems, motion pictur...

33. Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters

SECRETS OF SOVIET SPACE DISASTERS is one of our century’s most shocking hidde...

34. Mountain Roads

Join our journey along monumental feats of engineering that preserved America...

35. Route 66

Route 66, encompassing eight states from Illinois to California and 2,400 mil...

36. Cowboy Tech

Today’s cowboy plants one boot firmly in the traditions of the Old West and t...

37. Sewers

A simple flush and it’s forgotten. But haven’t you secretly wondered where it...

38. Challenger Tank

39. World's Biggest Machines 4

An enormous hydraulic machine press that stamps out a pickup truck's doors in...

40. Dredging

They dig, scoop, suck, and spew an ocean of silt and sediment. Dredgers are t...

41. Lube Job

From chariot wheels of ancient Egypt to hard disks in a computer to the wheel...

42. Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War II

German military aircraft designs were decades ahead of their Allied counterpa...

43. The World's Fastest

Perhaps no field has experienced the revolution in velocity more acutely than...

44. Civil War Tech

A look at the first modern war, the American Civil War and how technology pio...

45. High Risk: Helicopter Lineman

46. Wiring America

We begin with electrical linemen perched precariously out a helicopter door, ...

47. Nature Tech: Lighting

Since time immemorial, flashes of light have startled our senses and piqued o...

48. HMS Victory

The HMS Victory would play a crucial role in the foremost naval engagement in...

49. Engineering an Empire: Rome

50. Coffee

Traces the origins of this tasty drink from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to ...

51. World's Longest Bridge

To stimulate inter-island commerce Japan has an extensive bridge program to p...

52. Secrets of the Acropolis

Recent archaeology, using regular and modern technology, sheds new light on t...

53. Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon

From fingerprints and ballistics to profiling and DNA evidence, see how techn...

54. German Small Arms of World War II

56. Las Vegas

Rising from a stretch of desert with nothing but remoteness to recommend it, ...

57. Oakland Bay Bridge

Trace the history of the Bay icon from Gold Rush era dreams to the 21st century.

58. Battlefield Engineering

The history of military's unsung heros, the battlefield engineers.

59. Transatlantic Cable

Cyrus West Field pursues his vision of an instant, reliable transcontinental ...

60. Copper Kings

Nearly 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci still intrigues us. Most ...

61. Custom Cars

For most of us, cars are an ordinary fixture of daily life. But then there ar...

62. Guns of the Civil War

The hardware store is the epicenter of the construction world for both the we...

63. High Explosives

Since the creation of black powder in China centuries ago, explosives have be...

64. B-25 Bomber

They crunch; they ooze; they crackle; they pop–mmmmm, yeah! Soft drinks, donu...

65. Walt Disney World

Journey underground and backstage at the technological marvel that is Walt Di...

66. Nature Tech: Hurricanes

They’re nature on a rampage. The size and intensity of hurricanes make them t...

70. Statue of Liberty

It started as an idea at a French dinner party and became the very symbol of ...