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This is an episode list of the long-running documentary television series Modern Marvels. Dates shown are original air date.
Season 1: 1995
Season 2: 1996
Season 3: 1997
Production # |
Season # |
Topic |
Original Air Date
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011
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0301
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Air Force One: A History
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January 1, 1997
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012
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0302
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Pyramids: Majesty and Mystery
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March 23, 1997
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013
|
0303
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Observatories: Stonehenge to the Space Telescopes
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June 8, 1997
|
014
|
0304
|
Great Wall of China
|
June 22, 1997
|
015
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0305
|
Satellites
|
August 17, 1997
|
016
|
0306
|
Radio: Out of Thin Air
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August 24, 1997
|
017
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0307
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The Search for the Polio Vaccine
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October 5, 1997
|
018
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0308
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The Stock Exchange
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October 12, 1997
|
019
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0309
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Transcontinental Railroads
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October 12, 1997
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020
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0310
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Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
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October 27, 1997
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021
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0311
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Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging the Abyss
|
November 3, 1997
|
022
|
0312
|
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
|
November 4, 1997
|
Season 4: 1998
Season 5: 1999
Production # |
Season # |
Topic |
Original Air Date
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027
|
0501
|
Mail Delivery
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January 1, 1999
|
028
|
0502
|
Airships
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January 1, 1999
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029
|
0503
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The New York City Subway
|
January 6, 1999
|
030
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0504
|
Engineering Disasters
|
February 22, 1999
|
031
|
0505
|
Spy Technology
|
March 15, 1999
|
032
|
0506
|
Battlefield Medicine
|
March 30, 1999
|
033
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0507
|
The Motion Picture
|
April 20, 1999
|
034
|
0508
|
U.S. Mints: Money Machines
|
April 26, 1999
|
035
|
0509
|
Rescue Technology
|
May 1, 1999
|
036
|
0510
|
Bombs
|
May 13, 1999
|
037
|
0511
|
Scuba Diving & Underwater Breathing
|
May 25, 1999
|
038
|
0512
|
Dynamite
|
June 21, 1999
|
039
|
0513
|
Offshore Oil Drilling
|
July 6, 1999
|
040
|
0514
|
Hoover Dam
|
July 12, 1999
|
041
|
0515
|
Baseball Parks
|
July 19, 1999
|
042
|
0517
|
New York Bridges
|
August 2, 1999
|
043
|
0518
|
Parachutes
|
August 23, 1999
|
044
|
0519
|
Newspapers
|
August 31, 1999
|
045
|
0520
|
Fireworks
|
September 6, 1999
|
046
|
0521
|
The Atlantic Wall
|
September 13, 1999
|
047
|
0522
|
Simulators
|
September 27, 1999
|
048
|
0523
|
The Tool Bench: Power Tools
|
October 11, 1999
|
049
|
0524
|
The Tool Bench: Hand Tools
|
October 12, 1999
|
050
|
0525
|
Earth Movers II
|
October 13, 1999
|
051
|
0526
|
Forts
|
October 18, 1999
|
052
|
0527
|
Emergency Room
|
October 25, 1999
|
053
|
0528
|
Demolition
|
November 8, 1999
|
054
|
0529
|
Motorcycles
|
November 15, 1999
|
055
|
0530
|
Security Systems
|
November 16, 1999
|
056
|
0531
|
Engineering Disasters 2
|
November 29, 1999
|
057
|
0532
|
Niagara Power
|
December 8, 1999
|
058
|
0533
|
Casino Technology
|
December 13, 1999
|
059
|
0534
|
Lost Marvels
|
December 14, 1999
|
060
|
0535
|
Balloons
|
December 16, 1999
|
Season 6: 2000
Production # |
Season # |
Topic |
Original Air Date
|
061
|
0601
|
Household Gadgets
|
January 3, 2000
|
062
|
0602
|
City Beneath Our Feet, The AKA Underground Surprises
|
January 10, 2000
|
063
|
0603
|
The Chunnel
|
January 11, 2000
|
064
|
0604
|
The Space Station
|
February 3, 2000
|
065
|
0605
|
The Pentagon
|
February 26, 2000
|
066
|
0606
|
Bridges
|
February 29, 2000
|
067
|
0607
|
Prisons
|
March 6, 2000
|
068
|
0608
|
Gadgets
|
March 13, 2000
|
069
|
0609
|
Great Inventions
|
March 14, 2000
|
070
|
0610
|
Office Wonders
|
March 15, 2000
|
071
|
0611
|
Household Wonders
|
March 16, 2000
|
072
|
0612
|
Police Technology
|
April 17, 2000
|
073
|
0613
|
Disaster Technology
|
May 8, 2000
|
074
|
0614
|
Tower Bridge
|
May 25, 2000
|
075
|
0615
|
Concrete
|
May 31, 2000
|
076
|
0616
|
Camping Technology
|
June 6, 2000
|
077
|
0617
|
Private Planes
|
June 12, 2000
|
078
|
0618
|
Race Cars
|
June 19, 2000
|
079
|
0619
|
Traffic
|
June 22, 2000
|
080
|
0620
|
Buses
|
July 27, 2000
|
081
|
0621
|
Gold Mines
|
July 31, 2000
|
082
|
0622
|
Banks
|
August 3, 2000
|
083
|
0623
|
The Erie Canal
|
August 14, 2000
|
084
|
0624
|
Trucks
|
August 22, 2000
|
085
|
0625
|
Aswan Dam
|
September 11, 2000
|
086
|
0626
|
China's Great Dam
|
September 13, 2000
|
087
|
0627
|
Maginot Line
|
September 18, 2000
|
088
|
0628
|
Video Games: Just for Fun
|
October 9, 2000
|
089
|
0629
|
Body Shop I
|
October 16, 2000
|
090
|
0630
|
Body Shop II
|
October 16, 2000
|
091
|
0631
|
Machine Tools
|
October 17, 2000
|
092
|
0632
|
Farming Technology
|
October 18, 2000
|
093
|
0633
|
Assembly Lines
|
October 19, 2000
|
094
|
0634
|
Suez Canal
|
October 25, 2000
|
095
|
0635
|
London Underground
|
November 2, 2000
|
096
|
0636
|
Combat Training
|
November 6, 2000
|
097
|
0637
|
Remote Operated Vehicles
|
November 8, 2000
|
098
|
0638
|
Death Devices
|
November 14, 2000
|
099
|
0639
|
Power Plants
|
December 5, 2000
|
100
|
0640
|
Inventions of War
|
December 12, 2000
|
101
|
0641
|
Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization
|
December 17, 2000
|
102
|
0642
|
Line of Defense
|
December 19, 2000
|
Season 7: 2001
Production # |
Season # |
Topic |
Original Air Date
|
103
|
0701
|
Proving Grounds
|
January 8, 2001
|
104
|
0702
|
Commercial Jets
|
January 16, 2001
|
105
|
0703
|
Apollo 13
|
January 22, 2001
|
106
|
0704
|
Survival Technology
|
January 29, 2001
|
107
|
0705
|
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel
|
February 7, 2001
|
108
|
0706
|
Garage Gadgets
|
February 12, 2001
|
109
|
0707
|
Construction Machines
|
February 22, 2001
|
110
|
0708
|
Hadrian's Wall
|
March 1, 2001
|
111
|
0709
|
Monster Trucks
|
March 12, 2001
|
112
|
0710
|
Lighthouses
|
March 19, 2001
|
113
|
0711
|
Computers
|
April 11, 2001
|
114
|
0712
|
Engineering Disasters 3
|
April 16, 2001
|
115
|
0713
|
Chemical and Biological Weapons
|
May 7, 2001
|
116
|
0714
|
International Airports II
|
May 14, 2001
|
117
|
0715
|
Codes
|
May 21, 2001
|
118
|
0716
|
The Colosseum
|
June 11, 2001
|
119
|
0717
|
Battle Gear
|
June 19, 2001
|
120
|
0718
|
Hardware Stores
|
June 25, 2001
|
121
|
0719
|
World Trade Center
|
June 25, 2001
|
122
|
0720
|
More Gadgets
|
June 27, 2001
|
123
|
0721
|
Cattle Ranches
|
July 24, 2001
|
124
|
0722
|
Saloons
|
July 25, 2001
|
125
|
0723
|
Cannons
|
August 21, 2001
|
126
|
0724
|
Nuclear Subs
|
August 28, 2001
|
127
|
0725
|
Air Shows
|
September 4, 2001
|
128
|
0726
|
West Point
|
September 11, 2001
|
129
|
0727
|
Quarries
|
September 18, 2001
|
130
|
0728
|
Diamond Mines
|
September 19, 2001
|
131
|
0729
|
The House Part 1
|
October 15, 2001
|
132
|
0730
|
The House Part 2
|
October 15, 2001
|
133
|
0731
|
Work Clothes
|
October 17, 2001
|
134
|
0732
|
Bunkers
|
October 23, 2001
|
135
|
0733
|
Cemeteries
|
October 23, 2001
|
136
|
0734
|
Drive-Thru
|
November 27, 2001
|
137
|
0735
|
Los Angeles
|
November 29, 2001
|
138
|
0736
|
Times Square
|
November 29, 2001
|
139
|
0737
|
Glass
|
December 1, 2001
|
140
|
0738
|
Firing Ranges
|
December 4, 2001
|
141
|
0739
|
The St. Louis Arch
|
December 11, 2001
|
Season 8: 2002
- Failed Inventions (1/2/2002)
- Helicopters (1/17/2002)
- Private Jets Part 1 (1/28/2002)
- Private Jets Part 2 (1/28/2002)
- Remote Control (1/30/2002)
- Million Dollar Tech (1/31/2002)
- Pleasure Boats (2/1/2002)
- Bullet Proof (2/19/2002)
- Siege Machines (2/26/2002)
- Junkyards (3/5/2002)
- The F-14 (3/12/2002)
- Motors (3/19/2002)
- The Wheel (3/26/2002
- Ice Breakers (4/16/2002)
- Fire & Ice (4/18/2002)
- Axes, Swords and Knives (5/7/2002)
- The World's Biggest Machines (5/14/2002)
- Drag Racing (5/21/2002)
- Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks/Jeeps (6/2/2002)
- The Manhattan Project (6/4/2002)
- The Tackle Box (6/11/2002)
- Hunting Gear (6/12/2002)
- Camouflage (6/18/2002)
- Models (6/20/2002)
- Hangars (6/25/2002)
- Super Guns (7/15/2002)
- Strategic Air Command (7/16/2002)
- Gasoline (7/23/2002)
- Engines (7/24/2002)
- Towing (8/6/2002)
- Jet Engines (8/8/2002)
- Nordhausen (8/13/2002)
- Liberty Ships of WWII (8/15/2002)
- The Magnum (8/21/2002)
- Magnets (8/27/2002)
- Breweries (8/30/2002)
- The Chrysler Building (9/10/2002)
- The M-16 (9/14/2002)
- The Autobahn (9/17/2002)
- Pickup Trucks (9/18/2002)
- Muscle Cars (9/20/2002)
- Cranes (10/8/2002)
- Sherman Tanks (10/22/2002)
- Train Wrecks (10/28/2002)
- High Tech Sex (10/30/2002)
- Tunnels of Vietnam (11/13/2002)
- James Bond Gadgets (12/2/2002)
- More Bond Gadgets (12/2/2002)
- Limos (12/4/2002)
- Digi-Tech (12/5/2002)
- Salt Mines (12/5/2002)
- Runways (12/17/2002)
Season 9: 2003
- Trans-Siberian Railroad (1/1/2003)
- Castles & Dungeons (1/7/2003)
- Ice Road Truckers (1/30/2003)
- Booby Traps (2/4/2003)
- Alcan Highway (2/11/2003)
- Twin Towers of the East (3/4/2003)
- Mackinac Bridge (3/5/2003)
- Bullet Trains (3/11/2003)
- Non-Lethal Weapons (3/13/2003)
- Army Corps of Engineers (3/18/2003)
- Black Hawk: Night Stalker (3/26/2003)
- Titanic Tech (4/1/2003)
- Coal Mines (4/2/2003)
- Machine Guns (4/30/2003)
- Ball Turret Gunners (5/1/2003)
- U.S. Guns of World War II (5/8/2003)
- MiG 15 (5/10/2003)
- T-34: Russian Victory (5/10/2003)
- Tank Crews (5/15/2003)
- Harley-Davidson (5/21/2003)
- Torture Devices (5/22/2003)
- Exterminator (6/3/2003)
- High Voltage (6/24/2003)
- Dangerous Cargo (6/25/2003)
- Gunslingers (6/26/2003)
- More Engineering Disasters (7/2/2003)
- Engineering Disasters 4 (7/2/2003)
- Nature Tech: Tsunamis (7/8/2003)
- Logging Tech (7/9/2003)
- Breaking The Sound Barrier (7/16/2003)
- 4x4 (7/22/2003)
- Car Crashes (7/23/2003)
- Convertibles (7/24/2003)
- Loading Docks (7/30/2003)
- Terror Tech: Military (8/5/2003)
- Nature Tech: Tornadoes (8/5/2003)
- Military Movers (8/6/2003)
- Police Guns (8/7/2003)
- Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise (8/12/2003)
- Bullets (8/13/2003)
- Aircraft Carrier (8/15/2003)
- Metal (8/19/2003)
- Landmines (8/21/2003)
- Space Shuttle Columbia (8/26/2003)
- Overseas Highway (9/3/2003)
- Terror Tech: Civilian (9/8/2003)
- Machu Picchu (9/24/2003)
- Smart Bombs (9/30/2003)
- Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (10/15/2003)
- Inviting Disaster 1, Three Mile Island (10/21/2003)
- The Luftwaffe (10/22/2003)
- Panzers (10/22/2003)
- Inviting Disaster 2 (10/28/2003)
- FBI's Crime Lab (10/29/2003)
- Inviting Disaster 3 (11/4/2003)
- Inviting Disaster 4 (11/4/2003)
- Shipyards (11/5/2003)
- Extreme Trucks (11/12/2003)
- ET Tech (11/25/2003)
- The Technology of Lewis and Clark (11/27/2003)
- Extreme Gadgets (12/2/2003)
- Tailgating (12/3/2003)
- Technology Of Kitty Hawk (12/17/2003)
- Egyptian Pyramids (12/18/2003)
- The Berlin Wall (12/19/2003)
- Toys (12/23/2003)
- Engineering Disasters 5 (12/30/2003)
Season 10: 2004
- Guns of the Russian Military (1/16/2004)
- The F-15 (1/17/2004)
- Pacific Coast Highway (2/4/2004)
- Gangster Guns (2/12/2004)
- Racetrack Tech (2/18/2004)
- Oil Fire Fighting (3/3/2004)
- Command Central (3/17/2004)
- Front Line Reporting (3/19/2004)
- Nature's Engineers (3/31/2004)
- Bible Tech (4/7/2004)
- The Power Grid (4/14/2004)
- Bathroom Tech (4/21/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 6 (4/28/2004)
- F-18 Hornet (4/30/2004)
- Hydraulics (5/12/2004)
- Plane Crashes (5/26/2004)
- D-Day Tech (6/3/2004)
- A-10 Tankbuster (6/7/2004)
- Rubber (6/9/2004)
- City Water (6/15/2004)
- Greatest Movies Gadgets (6/17/2004)
- Robots (7/6/2004)
- Nuclear Technology (7/8/2004)
- Distilleries (7/14/2004)
- Apollo 11 (7/21/2004)
- World War I Tech (7/28/2004)
- Oil Tankers (8/4/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 7 (8/11/2004)
- Extreme Aircraft (8/25/2004)
- George Washington Bridge (9/1/2004)
- Building a Skyscraper, The Skeleton (9/6/2004)
- Building a Skyscraper, The Exterior (9/6/2004)
- Building a Skyscraper, The Human Environment (9/7/2004)
- Building a Skyscraper, The Arteries (9/7/2004)
- The Sears Tower (9/8/2004)
- Police Pursuit (9/15/2004)
- St. Lawrence Seaway (9/15/2004)
- St. Lawrence Tech (9/22/2004)
- More of the World's Biggest Machines (9/29/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 8 (10/5/2004)
- Harvesting (10/6/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 9 (10/12/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 10 (10/19/2004)
- Presidential Movers (10/20/2004)
- Gas Tech (10/20/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 11 (10/26/2004)
- M1 Abrams Supertank! (10/29/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 12 (11/9/2004)
- Surveillance Tech (11/10/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 13 (11/16/2004)
- Sub Disasters (11/17/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 14 (11/23/2004)
- Washington Monument (12/1/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 15 (12/8/2004)
- Snackfood Tech (12/16/2004)
- Commercial Fishing (12/21/2004)
- More Dangerous Cargo (12/21/2004)
- Engineering Disasters 16 (12/23/2004)
- Doomsday Tech 1 (12/28/2004)
- More Doomsday Tech (12/28/2004)
Season 11: 2005
- Poison (1/5/2005)
- Car Tech of the Future (1/6/2005)
- The Arch (1/12/2005)
- More Nature's Engineers (1/18/2005)
- World's Biggest Machines 3 (1/26/2005)
- The Butcher (2/1/2005)
- George Washington Carver Tech (2/15/2005)
- Desert Tech (2/23/2005)
- Sub Zero (2/23/2005)
- The Great Bridge: 8 Miles of Steel (2/23/2005)
- Howard Hughes Tech (2/28/2005)
- Edwards Air Force Base (3/2/2005)
- Taxidermy (3/9/2005)
- SWAT (3/9/2005)
- Deadliest Weapons (3/16/2005)
- The Doomsday Clock (4/7/2005)
- The Basement (4/26/2005)
- Paint (4/27/2005)
- Mega Movers (4/27/2005)
- Bricks (5/11/2005)
- Glue (5/18/2005)
- F/A-22 Raptor (5/20/2005)
- Civil War Tech (5/25/2005)
- Machines of D-Day (6/3/2005)
- The John Hancock Center (6/8/2005)
- The Cape Cod Canal (6/15/2005)
- Secret Japanese Aircraft of WWII (6/16/2005)
- Private Collections (6/19/2005)
- Future Tech (6/22/2005)
- Edison Tech (6/29/2005)
- Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters (7/1/2005)
- Mountain Roads (7/5/2005)
- Paving America (7/5/2005)
- Cowboy Tech (7/20/2005)
- Sewers (7/27/2005)
- Challenger Tank (7/29/2005)
- World's Biggest Machines 4 (8/2/2005)
- Dredging (8/3/2005)
- Lube Job (8/10/2005)
- Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of WWII (8/17/2005)
- Route 66 (8/24/2005)
- The World's Fastest (8/24/2005)
- The B-2 Stealth Bomber (8/26/2005)
- High Risk: Helicopter Linemen (8/31/2005)
- Wiring America (8/31/2005)
- HMS Victory (9/2/2005)
- Coffee (9/14/2005)
- Sugar (9/14/2005)
- Cereal: History in a Bowl (9/14/2005)
- German Small Arms of WWII (9/24/2005)
- The Auto Shop (10/5/2005)
- Secret Allied Aircraft of WWII (10/14/2005)
- Engineering Disasters 17 (11/2/2005)
- Brewing (11/16/2005)
- The Lumberyard (11/30/2005)
- Da Vinci Tech (12/4/2005)
- Custom Cars (12/5/2005)
- More Hardware (12/6/2005)
- More Snackfood Tech (12/20/2005)
- Walt Disney World (12/25/2005)
- Nature Tech: Hurricanes (12/29/2005)
Season 12: 2006
- Containers (1/4/2006)
- Fire (1/11/2006)
- Cotton (1/18/2006)
- Nature Tech: Lightning (1/25/2006)
- Weird Weapons: The Allies (2/8/2006)
- Engineering Disasters 18 (2/8/2006)
- Candy (2/14/2006)
- Weird Weapons: The Axis (2/21/2006)
- Nature Tech: Avalanches (2/24/2006)
- Engineering Disasters: New Orleans (2/28/2006)
- Leather (3/8/2006)
- Engineering Disasters 19 (3/22/2006)
- Insulation (4/26/2006)
- Hi-Tech Hitler (5/2/2006)
- Shovels (5/3/2006)
- Drilling (5/10/2006)
- '80's Tech 5/24/2006
- Ben Franklin Tech 5/25/2006
- Heavy Metals (6/14/2006)
- Money (6/19/2006)
- BBQ Tech (6/28/2006)
- Pirate Tech 7/12/2006
- Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives 7/26/2006
- World's Biggest Machines 5 7/26/2006
- Super Tools: Skyscraper 7/28/2006
- Nuts 8/2/2006
- Mummy Tech 8/23/2006
- Levees 8/30/2006
- Water 9/6/2006
- Copper 9/13/2006
- Building In The Name Of God 9/18/2006
- Horsepower 9/20/2006
- Renewable Energy 9/20/2006
- Freight Trains 9/20/2006
- Cities of the Underworld 9/21/2006
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 9/26/2006
- Stealth & Beyond: Air Stealth 9/27/2006
- Stealth & Beyond: Sea Stealth 9/27/2006
- Ink 10/4/2006
- Distilleries 2 10/11/2006
- World's Strongest 10/18/2006
- Tomcat Sunset 11/1/2006
- Tobacco 11/8/2006
- Supermarket 11/15/2006
- Breakfast Tech 11/28/2006
- Wine 11/22/2006
- Harvesting 2 11/22/2006
- Snow 12/10/2006
- Tea 12/13/2006
- Christmas Tech 12/20/2006
Season 13: 2007
Other Episodes
- Ancient Discoveries Part 1 (?)
- Ancient Discoveries Part 2 (?)
- Ancient Discoveries Part 3 (?)
- Antibiotics (?)
- Aquariums (?)
- Aqueducts (?)
- Battlefield Engineering (?)
- B-52 Stratofortress (?)
- Churches/Cathedrals (?)
- Comstock Lode (Largest Silver Mine) (?)
- Concept Cars in the 1950's (?)
- Corsair: Pacific Warrior (?)
- Cosmodome, Russia's Cold War Rocket Engines (?)
- Crime Science (?)
- Domed Stadiums (?)
- Eiffel Tower (?)
- Empire State Building (?)
- F-117: Nighthawk Stealth (?)
- Firefighting!: Extreme Conditions (?)
- Forensic Science: The Crimefighter's Weapon
- Grand Coulee Dam (?)
- Las Vegas (?)
- More Earthmovers (?)
- Oakland Bay Bridge (?)
- Ocean Liners (?)
- Oil Wells (?)
- Panama Canal (?)
- PT Boat (?)
- Secrets of the Acropolis (?)
- Space Shuttle (?)
- Statue of Liberty (?)
- Stealth Technology (?)
- Stereo and the Sound Revolution (?)
- The World's Longest Bridge (?)
- Transatlantic Cable (?)
- Tunnels (?)
- Western Railroads (?)
- The Copper Kings (?)