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Boxes & Birds

How Did They Build That?

S3, EP10 "Boxes & Birds"

The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.

How Did They Build That?

S3, EP5 "Heights & Balance"

A 1.2-million-square-foot office building balances precariously on a 39-foot wide base in Chicago; a building named Pterodactyl lands on top of a Los Angeles parking garage; the world's longest suspension footbridge.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP9 "Super Stadiums & Extraordinary Elevators"

Examine the sightlines in Los Angeles's SoFi Stadium, which sits right in the flight path of LAX; celebrate the ingenuity of the inexperienced crew that built a monumental skyscraper in Malta; visit a forest tower designed for testing elevators.

How Did They Build That?

S3, EP1 "Fantastic & Futuristic"

Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.

How Did They Build That?

S3, EP8 "Subways & Sightlines"

A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.

How Did They Fix That?

S4, EP4 "Sky Rides"

In the Alps of Switzerland, Mike helps an elite team install a new cable (rope) system on an iconic mountain gondola line, helps fix the world's steepest cogwheel railway track and explores mountaintop family farms only accessib.

How Did They Fix That?

S4, EP6 "Tunnel Vision"

Mike joins crews as they build the world's longest railway tunnel in the Alps, fixing gridlock through the infamous Brenner Pass by drilling, blasting and digging their way through the mountains.

How Did They Fix That?

S2, EP2 "Deep Space Telescope"

Host Mike Davidson goes to the remote Atacama desert in Chile; at observatory ALMA he works alongside the expert team as they repair some of the world's biggest antennas.

Aerial America

S1, EP63 "Trailblazers"

An aerial tour over the places made famous by America's most influential men and women.

Aerial America

S1, EP39 "Idaho"

A view of Idaho from the air reveals a state filled with agricultural fields, lands untouched by human hands, and riches in the form of gold, ski resorts and spuds.

Aerial America

S1, EP19 "Louisiana"

Louisiana's wetlands and underwater oil fields.

Aerial America

S1, EP37 "Beyond Hollywood"

A coast-to-coast aerial journey across America, visiting locations made famous by movies such as Rocky, Citizen Kane, Forrest Gump and others.

Aerial America

S1, EP51 "New Jersey"

Explore the forests, shores, bridges and tunnels of one of American's 13 original states, New Jersey.

Aerial America

S1, EP14 "Washington"

Home to some of America's highest mountains; Mount St. Helens.

Aerial America

S1, EP31 "Amazing Destinations"

Natural wonders, manmade marvels, hidden treasures and places of inspiration.

Aerial America

S1, EP28 "Oklahoma"

Viewing Oklahoma from the sky reveals a state filled with tall-grass prairies and man-made wonders; the Dust Bowl, Tornado Alley and buffalo-filled plains; it also shows a history steeped in tragedy and devastation.

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