Modern Marvels
HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.
Season 1
6 episodes
Premiered Dec 10, 1993
Season 2
8 episodes
Premiered Dec 16, 1994
Season 3
10 episodes
Premiered Aug 20, 1995
Season 4
12 episodes
Premiered Sep 2, 1996
Season 5
19 episodes
Premiered Aug 17, 1997
Season 6
48 episodes
Premiered Jul 27, 1998
Season 7
39 episodes
Premiered Jan 3, 2000
Season 8
40 episodes
Premiered Jan 8, 2001
Season 9
60 episodes
Premiered Jan 2, 2002
Season 10
86 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2003
Season 11
76 episodes
Premiered Jan 16, 2004
Season 12
67 episodes
Premiered Jan 5, 2005
Season 13
60 episodes
Premiered Jan 4, 2006
Season 14
44 episodes
Premiered Jan 17, 2007
Season 15
44 episodes
Premiered Jan 7, 2008
Season 16
19 episodes
Premiered Jan 14, 2010
Season 17
14 episodes
Premiered Oct 29, 2010
Season 18
16 episodes
Premiered Oct 3, 2011
Season 19
11 episodes
Premiered Jul 16, 2013
Season 20
8 episodes
Premiered Feb 20, 2021
Season 21
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 25, 2021
Season 22
2 episodes
Premiered Nov 28, 2021
Season 23
14 episodes
Premiered Feb 16, 2022
Ep 1Grand Coulee Dam
The world’s largest concrete dam–and the largest concrete structure in the world–lies on the Columbia River in the State of Washington. B uilt in 1931, it is also one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world.
Ep 2The Empire State Building
The remarkable story of how the landmark New York City skyscraper was constructed during the depths of the Depression. Requiring 10 million bricks and 60,000 tons of steel beams and using a revolutionary technique to hold the steel girders in place–hot rivets–the world’s tallest building was completed four months ahead of schedule.
Ep 3The Panama Canal
Chronicles one of the most incredible engineering feats of all time: construction of the 51-mile canal that took 10 years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of yellow fever, malaria, and other horrors. An earlier, 9-year attempt by the French ended in failure and cost 20,000 lives.
Cruise Ships
A large machine turned water city, cruise ships are exciting and new.
Ep 5Transatlantic Cable
Looks at how one man’s vision and the cooperation between the U.S. and England resulted in an instant, reliable transcontinental mode of communication in the mid-1800s. See how wealthy 33-year-old Cyrus West Field endured many failures and lost millions in his attempt to close the communication gap between the Old and New Worlds.
Ep 6Mt. Rushmore.
The incredible tale of how Gutzon Borglum created the world's largest sculpture by carving the faces of four US presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln) into the Black Hills of South Dakota. The four figures carved in stone pay tribute to the first 150 years of American history. The hour chronicles the "swiveled pointer" that Borglum put in each president's "head", and how workmen hung like spiders 6,000 feet above the ground to blast away 450,000 tons of rock.
History
US
A&E
US
H2
US
