
Historical and factual series celebrating pivotal moments in history.

Explores the roots of chemistry in the ancient profession of alchemists, who routinely swindled people in their attempts to turn ordinary metals into gold.

Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman stands as a hero in the North and as a villain in the South.

Looking at the birth of America's first intelligence units, set in motion in by President Lincoln himself in the early days of the war; exploring a spy who broke the boundaries of gender and race.

Union Cavalry soldiers defeat the much larger Confederate Cavalry at the Battle of Mine Creek in Kansas.

Confederate raid on Vermont; Union coal-miners tunnel under a Southern fort in order to blow it up; Confederate plot to burn down New York City.

A new look at the turning points reveals the technology and little-known facts of the Civil War.

The past, present and future of insulation technology.

It was a science first conjured amid the fiery ovens of ancient blacksmiths; today more than 50% of all U.S. products require some form of welding.