The BEST episodes of Modern Marvels season 2
Every episode of Modern Marvels season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Modern Marvels season 2!
Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination brought to life on a grand scale, MODERN MARVELS tells the fascinating stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who created everyday items, technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders.
#1 - Statue of Liberty
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/1995
It started as an idea at a French dinner party and became the symbol of the free world. The story of France's gift to the U.S. reveals a 20-year struggle to design and build the world's largest monument--using paper-thin copper sheets.
#2 - Las Vegas
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1996
Careful design mixed with cutting-edge technology has made Las Vegas an intoxicating oasis in the middle of a desert.
#3 - Gothic Cathedrals
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/1996
Built of stone and glass, persistence and prayer, gothic cathedrals are an epiphany of imagination and an articulation of joy. Featured are such masterpieces as Chartres, Notre Dame and the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
#4 - Eiffel Tower
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1996
Completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower remains a symbolic icon of France's history and the industrial age. Modern Marvels takes you on a tour of this world famous monument from its inception to the present day.
#5 - Domed Stadiums
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/5/1995
From Houston's Astrodome to Toronto's stunning Skydome, follow the history of the revolutionary structures that have transformed sports in America.
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#6 - Ocean Liners
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/1996
With technological advances, our ancient struggle against the sea has turned into a luxurious holiday. Come aboard for a peek at the elegant life on these floating resorts.
#7 - Tunnels
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/5/1995
There is no more potent demonstration of man’s resolve than the design and construction of tunnels–avenues that slice through a conspiracy of elements in the single-minded determination to connect two points.
#8 - Space Shuttle
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/23/1995
Considered by many to be the most astounding machine ever built, this reusable spaceship is the apex of flight technology. Explore the issues that led to NASA's decision to create an "airplane" to navigate space.
#9 - Paving America
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/29/1995
Examining construction of the national highway system, from its conception in 1912 to completion in 1984.
#10 - The Tennessee Valley Authority
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/15/1995
America was in the throes of the Great Depression, and rural America was on the brink of disaster. Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried many federal interventions to steady the shaky economic course, and none succeeded more spectacularly than the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
#11 - Golden Gate Bridge
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/1995
Construction of the second-longest suspension bridge in the Unites States took 25 million man-hours and 80,000 miles of cable to complete�but the cost in human life proved high.
#12 - Oil
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/9/1995
From the first well in Pennsylvania to the gushing Spindletop and modern supertankers, the story of oil is the story of civilization as we know it. We’ll take a look at the ingenious and outrageous men who risked everything for “black gold” and unimaginable wealth.
#13 - Brooklyn Bridge
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/1996
It was an engineering feat of almost miraculous proportions and a design of spectacular elegance. Rare photographs and behind-the-scenes stories recall the politics, the struggles, and the tragedies that made possible “the Eighth Wonder of the World”.