Modern Marvels (1993)

Don't look now–but there's a lot more to your walls than you'd ever imagine. Take a penetrating look inside something we consider utterly m…

We live in a highly mechanized world in which billions of products are made by machines–but there are some things that can be built only by…

It's a great American wilderness–millions of acres of wild, primeval land with its own people, its own technology…and its own rules. Surviv…

Teddy Roosevelt carried a revolver. The night they each died, Abraham Lincoln carried a $5 Confederate note and nine newspaper clippings, w…

Food Trucks are hitting the big time–across much of America, they're changing the way we eat. From humble beginnings as chuck wagons and ho…

It has been said that necessity is the mother of all invention–but that is not always the case. Some strange machines are built for sheer s…

Candy is America's sweetest guilty pleasure–so appealing that we spend $25 billion annually to experience it. Our cameras venture from Chic…

U.S. soldiers today face enormous challenges, often stationed in desolate locations behind enemy lines. Keeping them protected is priority…

Just the whiff of a foul odor can make your head spin, your eyes water, your stomach turn–it can even send you hurling. From cesspools, mil…

From the beginning of time we've worked to protect ourselves against the very element that keeps us alive…Water. We love it and hate it. Wi…

Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America. But even today, it touches every aspect of our lives. I…

160 million Americans visit a convenience store every day. Why? Because it's fast. But what you probably didn't know is how every detail of…

"Tiny" weapons may not sound impressive…but small can kill, and it can also be easily concealed. From a pocket pistol used by the police…to…

Every aspect of our lives involves pressure. It's what puts the bubbles in soft drinks, propels shaving cream from its can, cools the conte…

Shoes have come a long way from their humble beginnings as simple leather moccasins. Today footwear is built to withstand any extreme envir…

Our 49th state is one tough terrain. In the air, on the ground–and deep beneath it–survival here requires an amazing array of technological…