Modern Marvels

1. Household Gadgets

While a civilization’s greatness is reflected in the achievements of architec...

2. The City Beneath Our Feet

The Atlantic Wall explores the construction of the shore fortifications built...

3. The Chunnel

The Chunnel explores one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of the 2...

4. The Space Station

Public aquariums have undergone dramatic changes since inception in mid-19th ...

5. The Pentagon

The Pentagon - the name alone conjurs up an imposing image of American power....

6. Bridges

From ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, to Renaissance spans & railroa...

7. Prisons

What inspires societies to create sculptures on a superhuman scale? We’ll exa...

8. Gadgets

In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life. But now, bacteria has ...

9. Great Inventions

Synthesized doc over wheel, steam power, batteries, railroads, vehicles, elec...

10. Office Wonders

Plastics are everywhere–the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, out...

11. Household Wonders

The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They incl...

12. Police Technology

To run faster, jump higher, and play longer–the ultimate goal of all athletes...

13. Disaster Technology

Bombs…the most feared and powerful weapon in any nation’s arsenal. What began...

14. Tower Bridge

The story of the Tower Bridge in London is profiled.

15. Concrete

A study of the discoveries, inventions, and technological advances that have ...

16. Camping Technology

The ability to transmit sound in stereo transformed the music of life into a ...

17. Private Planes

Through rain, snow, heat, or gloom of night, we expect postmen to deliver the...

18. Race Cars

Does anybody really know what time it is? Set your clocks as we explore the r...

19. Traffic

Go into air traffic control centers and the planning offices of transportatio...

20. Buses

Meet the Strong Men and Women who go beyond mere fitness to pursue major musc...

21. Gold Mines

Man's quest for gold throughout history from the age of antiquity to the pres...

22. Banks

The history of financial institutions including the technology they have used...

23. The Erie Canal

Todays theme is the Erie Canal.

24. Trucks

The history of trucks are featured running the gamut from eighteen wheelers t...

25. Aswan Dam

This history of how the Egyptian people built both the Low and High Aswan Dam...

26. China's Great Dam

Will it be the concrete key to a new China, or a disaster of epic proportions?

27. The Maginot Line

Go inside the ambitious fortifications that nevertheless failed to protect Fr...

28. Video Games: Behind the Fun

Modern Marvels looks at the history of video games. It looks at the first vid...

29. Body Shop: Part 1

A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted ...

30. Body Shop: Part 2

A Ford Taurus is dismantled so that the components of car can be highlighted ...

31. Machine Tools

Step up to the plate and play ball as we take you on a tour of those amazing ...

32. Farming Technology

Much of New York City’s history can be viewed via its bridges–all 18 that con...

33. Assembly Lines

The history of how assembly lines revolutionized the modern world which can h...

34. Suez Canal

The history of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Also featured is the history of previ...

35. The History of the London Underground

Tracks the technological innovations that made newspapers what they are today...

36. Combat Training

A look at the equipment and technology that is used by the military to train ...

37. Remote Operated Vehicles

Though “simulations” date back to cave paintings, devices for interacting wit...

38. Death Devices

The history of civilization could easily be measured in terms of our ability ...

39. Power Plants

The history and thinkers behind power plants are examined.

40. Inventions of War

Out of the death and suffering of combat have come many of the everyday items...

42. Line of Defense

Emergency room medicine has only been a recognized specialty since 1989, and ...

43. Motorcycles

The exciting and dangerous history of motorcycles.

44. Security Systems

Since civilization’s earliest days, man has sought protection from those who ...

45. More Engineering Disasters

Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or ...

46. Niagara Power

The history of the Niagara Power Plant located near Niagara Falls.

47. Casino Technology

Place your bets and join us for an exciting spin through the history of the c...

48. Lost Marvels

The very spirit that drives man to dream up ever more fantastic creations can...