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10 That Changed America

Host Geoffrey Baer takes viewers across the country to the legendary streets, monuments and man-made marvels that changed America. Explore the streets that change the way we get around, visit the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, and learn more about the engineering feats that made our civilization possible.

10 Modern Marvels That Changed America

54m 56s

A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible: from the Erie Canal and Eads Bridge, to the Holland Tunnel and Hoover Dam. Find out which 10 modern marvels made the list.

Episodes

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    10 Modern Marvels That Changed America

    S2 E3 - 54m 56s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible: from the Erie Canal and Eads Bridge, to the Holland Tunnel and Hoover Dam. Find out which 10 modern marvels made the list.

  • 10 Monuments That Changed America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    10 Monuments That Changed America

    S2 E2 - 54m 56s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history: from the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial and the AIDS Quilt. Find out which 10 monuments made the list.

  • 10 Streets That Changed America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    10 Streets That Changed America

    S2 E1 - 54m 56s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list.

Extras + Features

  • Episode 2 Preview | 10 Monuments That Changed America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 2 Preview | 10 Monuments That Changed America

    S2 E2 - 32s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history: from the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial and the AIDS Quilt. Find out which 10 monuments made the list.

  • Web Extra: Honoring Crazy Horse: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Extra: Honoring Crazy Horse

    S2 E2 - 2m 45s

    Lula Red Cloud, great-great-granddaughter of Oglala Lakota Chief Red Cloud, explains what she sees as the relevance of honoring Lakota warrior Crazy Horse with a larger-than-life monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

  • Extended Trailer | Monuments: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Extended Trailer | Monuments

    S2 E2 - 56s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history: from the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial and the AIDS Quilt. Find out which 10 monuments made the list.

  • Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car

    S2 E1 - 6m 32s

    Woodward Avenue in Detroit was one of the first streets to fully adapt to the automobile. It featured the first modern stoplight, the first mile-long stretch of road to be paved with concrete, and a modern, eight lane, “superhighway."

  • Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars

    S2 E1 - 3m 25s

    Richard Campanella, professor of architecture and geography at Tulane University, talks about segregation in New Orleans, and how “separate but equal” accommodations came to be institutionalized.

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    10 Streets That Changed America

    S2 E1 - 1m 13s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list!

  • Extended Trailer | Streets: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Extended Trailer | Streets

    S2 E1 - 1m 9s

    It’s a whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around. 10 Streets that Changed America begins and ends on Broadway in New York. We’ll trace the street’s 400-year evolution: from Native American road, to Dutch trading route, to the home of America’s earliest public transit, to an electrically-lighted theater district known as the “Great White Way."

Schedule

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    10 That Changed America

    Saturday
    Mar 30

    1 Hour

    Engineering feats that made modern civilization possible, from the connection of roads and bridges to rail networks and a continent-wide freeway system.
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    10 Modern Marvels That Changed America: TVSS: Iconic

    10 That Changed America

    Monday
    Apr 1

    1 Hour

    Engineering feats that made modern civilization possible, from the connection of roads and bridges to rail networks and a continent-wide freeway system.

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