
Mysteries at the Museum
A tree-cutting mission provokes a military standoff; a subway stench; the Great Chicago Fire.

A tree-cutting mission provokes a military standoff; a subway stench; the Great Chicago Fire.

A cat saves a train line; NASA strives to save Voyager 2; a man brings movies to the masses.

A rocket-powered wheel takes on the Nazis; an intrepid climber scales a skyscraper.

The origins of the mob; a reluctant ruler; the piano prodigy who helped thaw the Cold War.

A replica of a lifeboat; "Popemobile;" the story behind a mythical unicorn horn.

A model of an ancient parachute; a gold coin; the home of a man who changed music history.

A French electrician invents a toy; a craftsman lands in hot water; a man saves Americans.

A showdown on the tennis court; a brawl between clowns and firefighters.

A hippie teenager becomes a diplomat; rescue on the high seas; a superweapon beats the Nazis.

A very expensive cocktail; an unusual box discovered in the woods; a colonel who used corn.

A heroic hound; a Soviet agent hiding in plain sight; the disastrous voyage of the Andrea Doria.

The invention of the donut; a plot unrolled by Cleopatra; the world's most dangerous balloon race.

The largest complete dinosaur skeleton of its time; a medicine ball used by a U.S. president.

Antique dishwasher, golden breastplate from an ancient civilization; brave man's uniform.

The creation of the Alaskan flag; how the whole of Chicago was raised into the air.

The story of a trailblazer who changed history; the story behind a piece of children's literature.

A dentist tool; the helmet of a brave pilot; the story of a young girl who stood up to the Nazis.

An accident nearly causes a nuclear catastrophe; Theodore Roosevelt lays down the law.

An alliance between the military and a mob boss; a voyage on the high seas; a high-flying heroine.

An iconic photograph from Sept. 11, 2001; a NASA experiment; a Naval code-breaker.