
Modern Marvels
Hoover Dam; Utah State University Water Research Laboratory hydraulics lab in Logan, Utah.

Hoover Dam; Utah State University Water Research Laboratory hydraulics lab in Logan, Utah.

How superhighways move millions of people every year; 20-lane project in Houston.

Extreme horsepower world: fastest cars, hydroplane boats, container ships, and hybrid technology.

Catering to more than twenty million truckers, truck stops are bigger and better than ever.

Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.

World's largest machines: car presses, 125-ton chainsaws, telescopes, and Keck Observatory Hawaii.

The factory where Yamaha makes ATVs, WaveRunners and more; amusement park Diggerland USA.

Excavators; machines lug NASA rockets to the launch pad; cruise ship.

Steam power; Jay Leno fires up two steam cars and an 11-ton steam tractor; locomotive; steamboat.

Dragsters hit top speeds above 330 mph racing down straightaways.

Traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways; traffic that must be controlled.

Capturing and transmitting music; Edison phonograph; digital sound.

Americans visit car washes two million times per day at an annual cost of $25 billion.

Take a peek into fully-automated homes where one button operates theater to outdoor waterfall.

Beer evolved from ancient Pharaohs and Founding Fathers to today's multi-billion-dollar industry.

Rhe historic one-armed bandits; computerized slot machines; the wackiest vending machines.

Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into vending machines every 15 minutes.

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.

World's largest machines: car presses, 125-ton chainsaws, telescopes, and Keck Observatory Hawaii.