Extras
Host Geoffrey Baer takes viewers across the country to the places that changed America.
Season 2 Trailer
Web Extra: When Mules Ruled the Canal
The role played by mules that pulled barges along the Erie Canal in its early days.
Web Extra: When Mules Ruled the Canal
Web Extra: The Current State of the Interstate
The once futuristic Interstate Highway System is now in need of repair.
Web Extra: The Current State of the Interstate
Web Extra: A View from the Top of the Roebling Bridge
Geoffrey goes to the top of the Roebling Bridge to learn about its engineering feats.
Web Extra: A View from the Top of the Roebling Bridge
Web Extra: A Modern Ride on the Transcontinental Railroad
Amtrak still operates trains over portions of the original Transcontinental Railroad.
Web Extra: A Modern Ride on the Transcontinental Railroad
Extended Trailer | Modern Marvels
A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible.
Extended Trailer | Modern Marvels
Episode 3 Preview | 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America
A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible.
Episode 3 Preview | 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America
The Eads Bridge Proved the Power of Steel
The Eads Bridge proved that steel could be used for large-scale building projects.
The Eads Bridge Proved the Power of Steel
The AIDS Quilt Redefined What a Monument Could Look Like
The AIDS Quilt redefined what a monument could look like.
The AIDS Quilt Redefined What a Monument Could Look Like
10 Modern Marvels That Changed America
A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible.
10 Modern Marvels That Changed America
Web Extra: The Story Behind One AIDS Quilt Panel
Mark Ward talks about sewing a panel for his late partner, Dixon Tabla.
Web Extra: The Story Behind One AIDS Quilt Panel
Web Extra: Meet the 54th Regiment Reenactors
Geoffrey Baer learns more about the experience of being a Civil War reenactor.
Web Extra: Meet the 54th Regiment Reenactors
Web Extra: Jan Scruggs' Journey
Jan Scruggs recounts the ways that the monument has helped him heal his war wounds.
Web Extra: Jan Scruggs' Journey
Web Extra: Inside the AIDS Quilt Warehouse
Inside the warehouse in Tucker, Georgia, where AIDS Memorial Quilt panels are stored.
Web Extra: Inside the AIDS Quilt Warehouse
Web Extra: Honoring Crazy Horse
The relevance of a larger-than-life monument of Crazy Horse in the Black Hills of SD.
Web Extra: Honoring Crazy Horse
A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history.
Extended Trailer | Monuments
Episode 2 Preview | 10 Monuments That Changed America
A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history.
Episode 2 Preview | 10 Monuments That Changed America
10 Monuments That Changed America
A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history.
10 Monuments That Changed America
Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car
Woodward Avenue in Detroit was one of the first streets to fully adapt to the automobile.
Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car
Web Extra: Van Buren vs. Horse
Former President Martin Van Buren fell from his horse-drawn carriage on the National Road.
Web Extra: Van Buren vs. Horse
Web Extra: The Fight to Remember Black Wall Street
Reconciliation Park is an effort to remember and learn from the devastation in Tulsa, OK.
Web Extra: The Fight to Remember Black Wall Street
Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars
Richard Campanella, professor at Tulane University, talks about segregation in New Orleans
Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars
Web Extra: How A Highway Paved the Way to Opportunities
The Lincoln Highway gave women and people of color unprecedented freedom to travel.
Web Extra: How A Highway Paved the Way to Opportunities
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