
Historical and factual series celebrating pivotal moments in history.

A little-known 19th-century French artist embarks on a 20-year odyssey to build the tallest statue in the world and erect it on U.S. soil.

Two master road builders spend decades struggling to create a highway system that connects every city and town in America; this will be one of the greatest public works projects in history.

France and America compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; it will cost 30,000 lives, $600 million dollars, and require overcoming many obstacles.

Visionary engineers in New York and Boston vie to build the first subway system in America, but must overcome unprecedented engineering challenges, deadly accidents, fierce political infighting, and the public's fear of the underground.

A century before the Internet, two brave visionaries, Collin Perry and Cyrus Field, endure failure and heartache while risking everything to connect the United States to the rest of the world with a cable under the ocean.

Termites, mosquitos, rats, mice, ants and cockroaches have spread damage, disease and death for millions of years.

The assembly and surprising history behind the airboat; a wild ride on a big-tired swamp buggy; local delicacies that bring new meaning to acquired taste; a massive engineering project to divert the mighty Mississippi River; pythons and alligators.

A journey back to an unruly era examining the complexity of their construction and the multipurpose they served; homes to kings and nobles, economic centers, courthouses, treasuries, prisons, and torture chambers.