The BEST episodes of Modern Marvels season 22
Every episode of Modern Marvels season 22, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Modern Marvels season 22!
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 - Steam Power
Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2022
Turn up the heat because it's time for Steam Power. From Jay Leno's personal steam cars and 11-ton steam engine to carousels, boats and skyscrapers fueled entirely by steam, Modern Marvels takes a deep dive into one of the oldest means of locomotion. It's high tech - 1800s style - as we travel the country in search of the most incredible vehicles, engines and even robots that run on Steam Power.
#2 - Wild Rides
Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2022
Sit tight and belt in because while there are over 230 million licensed drivers in America; we are going way beyond the driver's seat of your average automobile. It's time to jump behind the wheel of some of the biggest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet. From battle tanks to blimps, helicopters to harvesters, you'll get the chance to sit in the driver's seat of some the world's most incredible vehicles for some truly Wild Rides.
#3 - Ultimate Helicopters
Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2022
Ready to take a ride on the most thrilling helicopters in the sky? From the military's deadliest and most sophisticated choppers to homemade helicopters and million-dollar models customized with everything from bars and entertainment systems - Modern Marvels explores some of the coolest copters to ever take flight.
#4 - Maximum Horsepower
Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2022
Buckle up as we take a rip-roaring ride through the world of extreme horsepower! From 8000 horsepower dragsters and hydroplanes with top speeds of 200 miles per hour, to a cargo ship propelled by the most powerful diesel engine on earth - a whopping 95,000 horsepower - Modern Marvels muscles through the most impressive engines ever built and how they achieve their incredible performance.
#5 - Dangerous Drives
Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/11/2022
From Bolivia’s Death Road to California’s fog-smothered Highway 99 to dodging IEDs on the road to Baghdad Airport, “Modern Marvels” experiences the harrowing journey down some of the world’s scariest roads.
#6 - Car Wash Tech
Season 22 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/11/2022
Two million people wash their car every single day; taking a look at all the technology used to keep those beloved vehicles sparkling clean.
#7 - Freight Trains Plus
Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/18/2022
Climbing aboard the complex rail network that snakes through valleys, over rivers and across prairies to get America’s goods from the factory to front doors.
#8 - Locomotives Plus
Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/18/2022
All aboard! Modern Marvels takes a ride on the fastest and most powerful locomotives from around the globe. From France’s 300 MPH speed train to future trains that glide on cushions of air to mining locomotives that traverse tunnels 700 feet underground, we’ll catch a ride on the little-and big-engines that can.
#9 - Harvesting Plus
Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/25/2022
Let's head to the fields as Modern Marvels takes a fascinating journey from farm to table! From the dizzying heights of California's date palm trees to the soggy Wisconsin cranberry marshes to the cavernous labyrinths of Pennsylvania's mushroom farms, we pick through the most unique and timeless forms of harvesting.
#10 - Mad Electricity Plus
Season 22 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/25/2022
Prepare to be shocked and enlightened because it's time to enter the mad world of Nikola Tesla's remarkable inventions! From his 187-foot-high wireless network tower to his lifelong rivalry with Thomas Edison to his disturbing death ray and earthquake machines, Modern Marvels illuminates the genius--and the quirks--behind an electrifying mastermind.
#11 - Tech Treasures
Season 22 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/1/2022
Better be kind and rewind because we're diving into some blasts from technology's past! From unwieldy television sets and vintage record-making to evolving Mustang motors, join Modern Marvels as we rediscover some of the most beloved retro devices that built the tech-driven world we live in today.
#12 - Coin Operated Plus
Season 22 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/1/2022
Time to dig through those sofa cushions as Modern Marvels changes the way you think about coin-operated machines! From parking meters and pinball machines to vending machines and coin counters, we explore the ways people spend their quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies every day.
#13 - Bathroom Tech Plus
Season 22 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/8/2022
Get ready for a royal flush as Modern Marvels looks at the latest and greatest in bathroom technology. From the ultimate computerized shower experience to toilets that clean themselves, getting dirty has never been so much fun. It's everything you ever wanted to know about how the bathroom evolved into one of the most beloved, and expensive, rooms in the house.
#14 - Strange Machines
Season 22 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/8/2022
Think you have seen some crazy inventions? Think again! From aerobatic boats to battle-ready robots to homemade fire tornados, join us as Modern Marvels travels the country to uncover the most mind-blowing creations ever developed.
#15 - Yard Tech Plus
Season 22 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/8/2022
Time to start the mower and whack those weeds as Modern Marvels cuts into the 100 billion dollar a year yard tech industry. From the latest mowers to a sprinkler system that checks the weather for you, we'll check out hi-tech gadgets and gizmos promising to keep your patch of grass beautiful and green.