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Modern Marvels
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.
S7, EP12 "Lighthouses"
From the Pharos of Alexandria to modern automated buoys, lighthouse history features personal stories of keepers, daring construction, and optical discoveries; today these structures become inns and retreats as navigation advances.
S11, EP2 "The Arch"
Explore the arch, one of humanity's strongest and most versatile structures; Romans perfected what Egyptians and Greeks experimented with, Arabs incorporated into mosques, Europeans into churches, and modern builders use in dams and future space.
S10, EP43 "The World's Longest Bridge"
Bridges are the lifeline of Japan; since the 1930s, the island nation has dreamt of linking its many parts as a whole; WWII diverted the resources needed to accomplish this, and only since 1960 has the dream moved again, slowly, toward reality.
S6, EP5 "Bridges"
From amazing ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, romantic Renaissance spans, 19th-century railroad crossovers, to monumental marvels of our time, bridges played a key role in the human quest to connect and unify.
S11, EP20 "The Cape Cod Canal"
The Cape Cod Canal represents an engineering feat many believed impossible; begun in 1909 during the Great Depression, this major commerce and recreational Intracoastal Waterway route showcases determination, ingenuity, and American spirit.
S11, EP2 "The Arch"
Explore the arch, one of humanity's strongest and most versatile structures; Romans perfected what Egyptians and Greeks experimented with, Arabs incorporated into mosques, Europeans into churches, and modern builders use in dams and future space.
