
Modern Marvels
Water bottle designers; bubble wrap makers share secrets; packaging the world's largest crane.

Water bottle designers; bubble wrap makers share secrets; packaging the world's largest crane.

Funnel cakes; churros; frog legs; Twinkies and Coke; forging a cast iron frying pan.

Barbecue evolved into multi-billion industry with famous cook-offs and post-WWII backyard grilling.

Adam Richman visits a central Pennsylvanian cheese maker; inside Kroger as they package cheese.

Otis Spunkmeyer creates the cookies found at some of the biggest restaurant chains in America.

Adam Richman visits America's oldest candy store to see how it crafts decadent chocolate treats.

Wine culture from Napoleon and Jefferson to modern global varieties using NASA imaging technology.

A visit to Turkey Hill Dairy; a peek into Dreyer's flavor development process.

They're the meat in our sandwiches and slices of American pop culture.

History of the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.

A countdown of the top gizmos and gadgets featured on "Modern Marvels."

Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.

The world's most popular entertainment, from who invented it to who made it a reality.

Sophisticated cultures develop codes for communication from hieroglyphics to modern cyberspace.

Photographic pioneers; Joseph Niepce; Louis Daguerre; William Henry Fox; George Eastman.

Rare film from the Edison Studios marks the invention of the motion picture.

Barbecue evolved into multi-billion industry with famous cook-offs and post-WWII backyard grilling.

Adam Richman visits a central Pennsylvanian cheese maker; inside Kroger as they package cheese.

Otis Spunkmeyer creates the cookies found at some of the biggest restaurant chains in America.

Adam Richman visits America's oldest candy store to see how it crafts decadent chocolate treats.