Modern Marvels

1. Failed Inventions

Not every invention is a winner. Look at some of history's worst inventions i...

2. Proving Grounds

Where can you fire a missile without scaring the neighbors? Or lift millions ...

3. Private Jets: Part 1

Commercial Jets traces the evolution of commercial aviation from the stumblin...

4. Private Jets Part 2

The Apollo 13 mission was intended to be a “routine” trip to the moon. But wh...

5. Remote Control

In an historic survey of man’s adaptation to killer environmental conditions,...

6. Million Dollar Tech

Named one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern age, the Chesapeake ...

7. Pleasure Boats

The household garage serves as the at-home sanctuary for the modern American ...

8. Bulletproof

Feel the earth move under your feet and dig into the fascinating story of ear...

9. Siege Machines

A look at ancient and middle age technology used to break through fortificati...

10. The Junkyard

A look at the various forms of junk and scrapyards as well as the technology ...

12. Motors

The history of engines and their modern day uses.

13. The Wheel

The history of the wheel and how it has impacted human life so ubiquitously.

14. Ice Breakers

The history of ice breakers and how they keep the lanes of commerce open duri...

15. Fire & Ice: Heating and Air Conditioning

The history of how fire and ice inspired modern man to control the climate in...

16. Axes, Swords and Knives

This program begins by tracing the development of cutting edges from obsidian...

17. The World's Biggest Machines

They are some of the largest machines on the planet. Go behind the scenes of ...

18. Drag Racing

The history of drag racing from its humble beginnings to the modern innovatio...

19. Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks/Jeeps

An historical look at the technological engineering of the World Trade Center...

20. The Manhattan Project

Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nucle...

21. The Tackle Box

Todays theme is The Tackle Box.

22. Hunting Gear

The gear used by amateur and professional hunters is profiled from various an...

23. Camouflage

From the 19th century’s legendary cattle drives to the million-acre ranch kin...

24. Models

Cannons have fired balls of iron and atomic bombs, changed the way wars are f...

25. Hangars

The most priceless jewels in the arsenals of a handful of countries, some nuc...

26. Super Guns

From barnstormers to Blue Angels, antique aircraft to supersonic jets, each y...

27. Strategic Air Command

A look at the United States Strategic Air Command since it was formed after W...

28. Gasoline

The history of gasoline and how it shapes our modern world.

29. Engines

The history of engines beginning with the steam engine through modern rotary ...

30. Towing

If walls could speak…And in the next two hours they will, as we build a house...

31. Jet Engines

The technology of jet engines in commercial and military applications.

32. Nordhausen

From the earliest bunkers of WWI through the ultra-futuristic ones of tomorro...

33. Liberty Ships of WWII

More than 2-million people die in the U.S. each year. That works out to about...

34. The Magnum

Modern Marvels looks at how army maneuvers have changed from simple “hide and...

35. Magnets

Join us for a ride through the history of car-culture commerce from the first...

36. Breweries

The Crossroads of the World, New York City’s Times Square is the screaming ma...

37. The Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building in New York City is the subject.

38. The Autobahn

Glass may be our most versatile material. It sheathes skyscrapers, contains l...

39. Pickup Trucks

Discover how military and police personnel, as well as private citizens, hone...

40. Muscle Cars

They were loud, fast, and during the 1960's and 1970's they were the most pop...