
Modern Marvels Essentials
From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the coin-operated world.

From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the coin-operated world.

Digging up salt mining's history, from the the table to the oceanic deposits it came.

The saga of jet propulsion which radically transformed the world since inception of World War II.

Espionage has been used for at least the last 4,000 years; the episode focus on the last 100 years.

Skyscrapers; Empire State Building; Sears Tower; World Trade Center.

Physical fitness' role in individual health and society: from Greek gyms to God.

A revolution takes place on the backs of visionary entrepreneurs of industry.

Ray Kroc is inspired by McDonald's; he creates the modern model of franchising.

Charles Leiper Grigg introduces 7-Up; Ali and Barney Hartman introduce Mountain Dew.

Harland Sanders develops a new method for making fried chicken, drawing customers from far and wide.

Lunchtime is one of the most enjoyable meals, but before the 1960s it was just another meal.

After being kicked out of the family business, Forrest Mars creates a global empire, Mars Inc.

A revolution takes place on the backs of visionary entrepreneurs of industry.

Ray Kroc is inspired by McDonald's; he creates the modern model of franchising.

Charles Leiper Grigg introduces 7-Up; Ali and Barney Hartman introduce Mountain Dew.

Harland Sanders develops a new method for making fried chicken, drawing customers from far and wide.

Lunchtime is one of the most enjoyable meals, but before the 1960s it was just another meal.

After being kicked out of the family business, Forrest Mars creates a global empire, Mars Inc.

A revolution takes place on the backs of visionary entrepreneurs of industry.

Ray Kroc is inspired by McDonald's; he creates the modern model of franchising.