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Mighty Cruise Ships
S1, EP2 "Le Soléal"New luxury liner Le Soleal navigates the uncharted waters of Indonesia to give her passengers one-of-a-kind encounters at exotic destinations.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S2, EP5 "Ocean Endeavor"Cruise among the icebergs of Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic aboard the expedition cruiser Ocean Endeavour.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S4, EP8 "Sky Princess"The Sky Princess carries passengers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to three Central American stops.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP6 "Shipyards & Slender Builds"A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP2 "Medals & Marinas"Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP1 "Space Stations and Super"Celebrating one of humanities biggest engineering achievements, the International Space Station, a meteor proof lab bigger than a football field, constructed by astronauts traveling 250 miles above us at 17,500 miles an hour.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP10 "Floating Parks & Upcycled Towers"On inadequate foundations, San Francisco's MOMA triples in size creating an exterior light enough to prevent collapse; a 1970s Sydney skyscraper is recycled into a 21st century tower; in Dallas, a five acre park is created.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP3 "Biomes & Rebuilds"A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.
Air Disasters
S9, EP6 "Carnage in Sao Paolo"TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.
Air Disasters
S17, EP2 "Peril Over Portugal"On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.
Air Disasters
S16, EP7 "Mission Disaster"After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.
Aerial America
S1, EP65 "The Wild West"A journey over America's western landscape featuring "wild" history and stories of colorful characters.
Aerial America
S1, EP50 "Wisconsin"Tour the Wisconsin State Capitol and Milwaukee City Hall, once the tallest building in the world.
Aerial America
S1, EP48 "Wilderness"A cross-country flight over icy landscapes in Alaska's Denali, vast wetlands in Florida's Everglades, and over 100 million acres of badlands, deserts, and mountains.
Aerial America
S1, EP17 "North Carolina"The Wright Brothers gave the state its slogan "First in Flight"; civil rights leaders in Greensboro; NASCAR.