Modern Marvels
Maritime and engineering disasters: Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Boeing crashes, nuclear meltdowns.
Maritime and engineering disasters: Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Boeing crashes, nuclear meltdowns.
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Take a peek into fully-automated homes where one button operates theater to outdoor waterfall.
The humble beginnings of shoes; from leather moccasins to footwear that can withstand the elements.
Meet the loggers who started it all, and find out what happens on the journey from stump to sawmill.
Advancements in rescue technology, including the Jaws of Life.
Engineering failures: sinkholes, landslides, airport collapse, plane crash, and ship sinking.
Traces the history and evolution of the world's most important fossil fuel; without gasoline.
Fire threats: oil blowouts, forest fires; WWII London firefighter.
Earth's 40% desert classification offers hope through desalination, dam power, and solar energy.
Combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools.
A 250-pound burger; a plus-sized Sicilian pizza for 75; a 72-ounce steak; the seven-pound hot dog.
The world's most-powerful elevators, a monster mine machine and the world's strongest mountain bike.
Amazing, ingenious and ultra-sturdy materials help to ensure the continuation of society.
The power tool industry is booming thanks to more powerful, lighter, and quieter cordless tools.
Primitive humans make tools; computer-designed, high-tech hand tools.
Take a peek into fully-automated homes where one button operates theater to outdoor waterfall.
The humble beginnings of shoes; from leather moccasins to footwear that can withstand the elements.
Whiskey is popular, has a colorful history, and is one of the world's oldest drinks.
Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths.
The Baldwin Hills dam collapse in Los Angeles; a wing separates from a passenger plane.
San Francisco's Oakland Bay Bridge features a unique double suspension.
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