
Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.

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.

The human body is host to a multitude of hidden secrets even after death; coroner; funeral home director; forensic anthropologist; engineers.