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

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.

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.

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors.

Technicians risk their lives in order to provide electric power and 21st-century communications.

Dreamers and schemers try an odd assortment of flawed ideas for inventions.

It's the place where one man's trash is another man's treasure; enter the world of the junkyard.

America's aging infrastructure is in danger of collapse due to corrosion.

Nikola Tesla creates the AC (alternating current) system of electrical power.

How distance, time, speed, weight and temperature are measured.

The history of bathing and showering; how modern plumbing systems work; history of oral hygiene.

Bathroom technology; Kohler makes a digitally controlled shower complete with steam, music and LED.

The biggest machines and their smallest counterparts; Airbus A380 and microjet.

The Arizona Cardinals' dome stadium and its movable lawn; Scotts Company.