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Volcanic spots around the world made infamous in history; the volcanic islands of Greece; the mountains of Italy; the long ridges of Iceland; the volcanoes of Indonesia.

Seismologists race to prevent earthshaking disasters.

Cutting-edge technology attempts to measure the unmeasurable to help U.S. meteorologists track, study and predict tornadoes.

Avalanches have taken a deadly toll throughout history, ranging from Hannibal's army to snowmobilers, skiers and motorists.

A warmer climate may cause oceans to rise and may eventually lead to an increase in hurricanes.

This 2-hour special crisscrosses billions of years of time and space to show how everyone, and everything, is linked in one universal story. It weaves together science and history.

Volcanic spots around the world made infamous in history; the volcanic islands of Greece; the mountains of Italy; the long ridges of Iceland; the volcanoes of Indonesia.

Seismologists race to prevent earthshaking disasters.

Cutting-edge technology attempts to measure the unmeasurable to help U.S. meteorologists track, study and predict tornadoes.

Avalanches have taken a deadly toll throughout history, ranging from Hannibal's army to snowmobilers, skiers and motorists.

A warmer climate may cause oceans to rise and may eventually lead to an increase in hurricanes.

The classical learning and science of the Byzantine Empire gives rise to the Renaissance.

The power, strength and ingenuity of Carthage.

The architecture and infrastructure behind Aztec society; host Peter Weller.

Architecture and infrastructure enable the rise and fall of the ancient Mayan civilization.

Engineering feats of the Persian Empire.

The Greek Empire's architecture and infrastructure; host Peter Weller.

The architecture and infrastructure the ancient Greeks engineered during the time of Alexander the Great.

History's greatest engineering and architectural achievements.

The classical learning and science of the Byzantine Empire gives rise to the Renaissance.

The power, strength and ingenuity of Carthage.

The architecture and infrastructure behind Aztec society; host Peter Weller.

Architecture and infrastructure enable the rise and fall of the ancient Mayan civilization.

Engineering feats of the Persian Empire.

The Greek Empire's architecture and infrastructure; host Peter Weller.

The architecture and infrastructure the ancient Greeks engineered during the time of Alexander the Great.

History's greatest engineering and architectural achievements.

The classical learning and science of the Byzantine Empire gives rise to the Renaissance.

The power, strength and ingenuity of Carthage.

The architecture and infrastructure behind Aztec society; host Peter Weller.

Architecture and infrastructure enable the rise and fall of the ancient Mayan civilization.

Engineering feats of the Persian Empire.

The Greek Empire's architecture and infrastructure; host Peter Weller.

The architecture and infrastructure the ancient Greeks engineered during the time of Alexander the Great.

History's greatest engineering and architectural achievements.

From its humble beginnings in an 1880s card shop, to single handedly resurrecting the video game industry, a story of how an iconic name in gaming came to be.

A humble hangar outside Seattle turns into a national sensation, creating the world's first jumbo jets, satellites, and military aircraft for the entire world, bringing the world into the jet age.

Childhood friends Arthur Davidson and William Harley look for a way to make their bicycles faster and create an American institution that changes the world forever; the tale of how their motorcycles become a symbol of individuality and freedom.

Milton Bradley goes from making lithographs in 1860 to creating some of the most popular games of all time; an iconic game wouldn't exist without the polio epidemic; the entire Milton Bradley company wouldn't exist without Abraham Lincoln's beard.

Three brothers from Massachusetts help turn an obscure form of entertainment into a billion-dollar global industry; one of their bestselling games becomes an Olympic sport, and another popular product is inspired by a caveman.

When Mattel opened their doors as a picture frame company, they had no idea they'd become the empire behind the world's most popular toys; Mattel didn't get to be numero uno without a few wild cards and intergalactic battles.

After its founding in 1923, Hasbro grows from a modest textile and school supplies business into the biggest toy company in the world; an effort to avoid the word "doll" launches an entire new genre of toys.

The comedians examine executive power; the strange way Nixon wooed his future wife; a founding father that liked swimming in the nude; a vice president gets drunk at his inauguration.

Why America has the most awesome healthcare system in the world; people who picnicked at a Civil War battle; the "Star Spangled Banner's" creation.

A Chicago mobster that went by the name Snorky; Bonnie and Clyde compared to Fleetwood Mac; how many U.S. vice presidents have shot people while in office.

History's weirdest weapons, craziest generals and biggest battlefield blunders; the secrets behind the CIA's classified cat-training program; William Wallace's taste for human flesh.

Some of the baddest men to ever walk the earth including Genghis Khan, Andrew Jackson and Ernest Hemingway.

What made Alexander the Great so great; where Fidel Castro stationed his Cuban missile; how Napoleon could have won the Battle of Waterloo with a bit more preparation.

John Rockefeller makes his money, Marie Antoinette loses her bread; a Roman emperor hosts parties so depraved that Penthouse made a movie about them.

What LBJ nicknamed his chief of staff; how Kim Jong-Il invented the hamburger; why the real-life inspiration for Dracula was even more bloodthirsty than the vampire.

The big moments that shaped the course of human events for better and worse; tips on how to avoid getting the Black Plague.

From its humble beginnings in an 1880s card shop, to single handedly resurrecting the video game industry, a story of how an iconic name in gaming came to be.

A humble hangar outside Seattle turns into a national sensation, creating the world's first jumbo jets, satellites, and military aircraft for the entire world, bringing the world into the jet age.

Childhood friends Arthur Davidson and William Harley look for a way to make their bicycles faster and create an American institution that changes the world forever; the tale of how their motorcycles become a symbol of individuality and freedom.

Milton Bradley goes from making lithographs in 1860 to creating some of the most popular games of all time; an iconic game wouldn't exist without the polio epidemic; the entire Milton Bradley company wouldn't exist without Abraham Lincoln's beard.

Three brothers from Massachusetts help turn an obscure form of entertainment into a billion-dollar global industry; one of their bestselling games becomes an Olympic sport, and another popular product is inspired by a caveman.

When Mattel opened their doors as a picture frame company, they had no idea they'd become the empire behind the world's most popular toys; Mattel didn't get to be numero uno without a few wild cards and intergalactic battles.

After its founding in 1923, Hasbro grows from a modest textile and school supplies business into the biggest toy company in the world; an effort to avoid the word "doll" launches an entire new genre of toys.

The comedians examine executive power; the strange way Nixon wooed his future wife; a founding father that liked swimming in the nude; a vice president gets drunk at his inauguration.

Why America has the most awesome healthcare system in the world; people who picnicked at a Civil War battle; the "Star Spangled Banner's" creation.

A Chicago mobster that went by the name Snorky; Bonnie and Clyde compared to Fleetwood Mac; how many U.S. vice presidents have shot people while in office.

History's weirdest weapons, craziest generals and biggest battlefield blunders; the secrets behind the CIA's classified cat-training program; William Wallace's taste for human flesh.

Some of the baddest men to ever walk the earth including Genghis Khan, Andrew Jackson and Ernest Hemingway.

What made Alexander the Great so great; where Fidel Castro stationed his Cuban missile; how Napoleon could have won the Battle of Waterloo with a bit more preparation.

John Rockefeller makes his money, Marie Antoinette loses her bread; a Roman emperor hosts parties so depraved that Penthouse made a movie about them.

What LBJ nicknamed his chief of staff; how Kim Jong-Il invented the hamburger; why the real-life inspiration for Dracula was even more bloodthirsty than the vampire.

The big moments that shaped the course of human events for better and worse; tips on how to avoid getting the Black Plague.

From its humble beginnings in an 1880s card shop, to single handedly resurrecting the video game industry, a story of how an iconic name in gaming came to be.

A humble hangar outside Seattle turns into a national sensation, creating the world's first jumbo jets, satellites, and military aircraft for the entire world, bringing the world into the jet age.

Childhood friends Arthur Davidson and William Harley look for a way to make their bicycles faster and create an American institution that changes the world forever; the tale of how their motorcycles become a symbol of individuality and freedom.

Milton Bradley goes from making lithographs in 1860 to creating some of the most popular games of all time; an iconic game wouldn't exist without the polio epidemic; the entire Milton Bradley company wouldn't exist without Abraham Lincoln's beard.

Three brothers from Massachusetts help turn an obscure form of entertainment into a billion-dollar global industry; one of their bestselling games becomes an Olympic sport, and another popular product is inspired by a caveman.

When Mattel opened their doors as a picture frame company, they had no idea they'd become the empire behind the world's most popular toys; Mattel didn't get to be numero uno without a few wild cards and intergalactic battles.

After its founding in 1923, Hasbro grows from a modest textile and school supplies business into the biggest toy company in the world; an effort to avoid the word "doll" launches an entire new genre of toys.

The comedians examine executive power; the strange way Nixon wooed his future wife; a founding father that liked swimming in the nude; a vice president gets drunk at his inauguration.

Why America has the most awesome healthcare system in the world; people who picnicked at a Civil War battle; the "Star Spangled Banner's" creation.

A Chicago mobster that went by the name Snorky; Bonnie and Clyde compared to Fleetwood Mac; how many U.S. vice presidents have shot people while in office.

History's weirdest weapons, craziest generals and biggest battlefield blunders; the secrets behind the CIA's classified cat-training program; William Wallace's taste for human flesh.

Some of the baddest men to ever walk the earth including Genghis Khan, Andrew Jackson and Ernest Hemingway.

What made Alexander the Great so great; where Fidel Castro stationed his Cuban missile; how Napoleon could have won the Battle of Waterloo with a bit more preparation.

John Rockefeller makes his money, Marie Antoinette loses her bread; a Roman emperor hosts parties so depraved that Penthouse made a movie about them.

What LBJ nicknamed his chief of staff; how Kim Jong-Il invented the hamburger; why the real-life inspiration for Dracula was even more bloodthirsty than the vampire.

The big moments that shaped the course of human events for better and worse; tips on how to avoid getting the Black Plague.

Since the turn of the 20th century, designers have competed to build them faster, taller, and steeper; as technology pushes the envelope with flips, weightlessness, and more g-force than a jet, they have to calculate how much can the human body take.

Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors; to some, motorcycles symbolize freedom; to others, they simply stand for trouble; episode race back in time and see how, for over a hundred years, motorcycles inspired riders.

Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths--as has the notion of what can be done inside them; you can have a rolling disco in a stretched SUV, go for a rumble off-road in a monster truck limousine, or take a direct hit.

Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet; these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.

In less than a century, the world went from dirt tracks to highways, from propeller planes to space travel, from sailboats to supertankers; in the process, a glut of traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways.

Tunnels, whether underwater, blasted through solid rock or negotiating the shifting strata of the Earth's unstable crust, represent a remarkable feat of engineering.

Stories of those who believed in dreams and defied the commonplace with their extraordinary creations; covering some of the world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions, and social wonders.

Since the turn of the 20th century, designers have competed to build them faster, taller, and steeper; as technology pushes the envelope with flips, weightlessness, and more g-force than a jet, they have to calculate how much can the human body take.

Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors; to some, motorcycles symbolize freedom; to others, they simply stand for trouble; episode race back in time and see how, for over a hundred years, motorcycles inspired riders.

Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths--as has the notion of what can be done inside them; you can have a rolling disco in a stretched SUV, go for a rumble off-road in a monster truck limousine, or take a direct hit.

Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet; these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.

In less than a century, the world went from dirt tracks to highways, from propeller planes to space travel, from sailboats to supertankers; in the process, a glut of traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways.

Tunnels, whether underwater, blasted through solid rock or negotiating the shifting strata of the Earth's unstable crust, represent a remarkable feat of engineering.

Stories of those who believed in dreams and defied the commonplace with their extraordinary creations; covering some of the world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions, and social wonders.

Since the turn of the 20th century, designers have competed to build them faster, taller, and steeper; as technology pushes the envelope with flips, weightlessness, and more g-force than a jet, they have to calculate how much can the human body take.

Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.

Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors; to some, motorcycles symbolize freedom; to others, they simply stand for trouble; episode race back in time and see how, for over a hundred years, motorcycles inspired riders.

Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths--as has the notion of what can be done inside them; you can have a rolling disco in a stretched SUV, go for a rumble off-road in a monster truck limousine, or take a direct hit.

Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet; these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.

In less than a century, the world went from dirt tracks to highways, from propeller planes to space travel, from sailboats to supertankers; in the process, a glut of traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways.

Tunnels, whether underwater, blasted through solid rock or negotiating the shifting strata of the Earth's unstable crust, represent a remarkable feat of engineering.

Stories of those who believed in dreams and defied the commonplace with their extraordinary creations; covering some of the world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions, and social wonders.

Experts and witnesses report mutant rats are getting bigger and more dangerous with appetites for anything, including human flesh.

Investigating reports of huge, man-eating snakes of 50 feet or more in length in Venezuela; pet pythons escape, multiply and grow huge in the Florida Everglades.

An expedition hunts for a monster-sized, predatory spider in South America and investigates reports from the Middle East about giant arachnids.

Examining how giant killer bees from South America are spreading northward into the United States, attack with ferocity and might be adapting to colder temperatures, which would make them an even greater threat.

New Englanders experience a vampire scare during the 1700s; investigators use the latest technology to analyze historical evidence and study people today who say they are vampires.

Cryptozoologists use special equipment to try to shed light on reports of rods: torpedolike creatures that fly so fast they cannot be spotted by the naked eye.

An urban legend comes true during the 1930s when New York City workers find swarms of alligators living beneath the busy streets of the metropolis; modern herpetologists and explorers search for alligators in the sewers of New York City.

An expedition travels to the Sea of Cortez off Mexico's Baja Peninsula to use specially designed lures with built-in cameras in hope of spotting a giant squid 1,000 feet below the surface.

Experts and witnesses report mutant rats are getting bigger and more dangerous with appetites for anything, including human flesh.

Investigating reports of huge, man-eating snakes of 50 feet or more in length in Venezuela; pet pythons escape, multiply and grow huge in the Florida Everglades.

An expedition hunts for a monster-sized, predatory spider in South America and investigates reports from the Middle East about giant arachnids.

Examining how giant killer bees from South America are spreading northward into the United States, attack with ferocity and might be adapting to colder temperatures, which would make them an even greater threat.

New Englanders experience a vampire scare during the 1700s; investigators use the latest technology to analyze historical evidence and study people today who say they are vampires.

Cryptozoologists use special equipment to try to shed light on reports of rods: torpedolike creatures that fly so fast they cannot be spotted by the naked eye.

An urban legend comes true during the 1930s when New York City workers find swarms of alligators living beneath the busy streets of the metropolis; modern herpetologists and explorers search for alligators in the sewers of New York City.

An expedition travels to the Sea of Cortez off Mexico's Baja Peninsula to use specially designed lures with built-in cameras in hope of spotting a giant squid 1,000 feet below the surface.

Experts and witnesses report mutant rats are getting bigger and more dangerous with appetites for anything, including human flesh.

Investigating reports of huge, man-eating snakes of 50 feet or more in length in Venezuela; pet pythons escape, multiply and grow huge in the Florida Everglades.

An expedition hunts for a monster-sized, predatory spider in South America and investigates reports from the Middle East about giant arachnids.

Examining how giant killer bees from South America are spreading northward into the United States, attack with ferocity and might be adapting to colder temperatures, which would make them an even greater threat.

New Englanders experience a vampire scare during the 1700s; investigators use the latest technology to analyze historical evidence and study people today who say they are vampires.

Cryptozoologists use special equipment to try to shed light on reports of rods: torpedolike creatures that fly so fast they cannot be spotted by the naked eye.

Creativity is everywhere - but who and where does it come from? Artrageous travels the globe showcasing creative geniuses from our past and today, the places that inspired them and that flourish today as hot-spots of ingenuity.

For an instrument developed as recently as the 17th century, the telescope has travelled a long way; the latest version of the once humble telescope will be going a lot farther, carrying us ever closer to the first light.

Wind energy; actor Ed Begley, Jr.; English school goes green.

The hosts test the patented designs of history's lost inventions.

They said he was a lustful Mad Monk, a Holy Devil, who preached God's word, yet practiced every form of evil; the real truth about the rise of Rasputin is stranger and more moving than the legend of the satanic monk.

In just six years, Mikhaeil Gorbachev brought democracy to Russia and ended the Cold War.

Profile of Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic, whose refusal to sign a peace accord led to an assault by NATO forces on his regime.

Portrait of the Russian leader who helped dismantle Communism and forged a new relationship with the United States and the West.

Profile of Roman Emperor Caligula includes details of his reign, including frenzies of lunacy, murder and perverse sexuality.

A profile of Queen Noor of Jordan, the former Lisa Halaby, includes interviews with actor Harrison Ford and King Hussein biographer Peter Snow.

Russian Czar Ivan, the Terrible, conquers Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia.

History judges Napoleon as warrior, statesman, genius and megalomaniac.

They said he was a lustful Mad Monk, a Holy Devil, who preached God's word, yet practiced every form of evil; the real truth about the rise of Rasputin is stranger and more moving than the legend of the satanic monk.

In just six years, Mikhaeil Gorbachev brought democracy to Russia and ended the Cold War.

Profile of Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic, whose refusal to sign a peace accord led to an assault by NATO forces on his regime.

Portrait of the Russian leader who helped dismantle Communism and forged a new relationship with the United States and the West.

Profile of Roman Emperor Caligula includes details of his reign, including frenzies of lunacy, murder and perverse sexuality.

A profile of Queen Noor of Jordan, the former Lisa Halaby, includes interviews with actor Harrison Ford and King Hussein biographer Peter Snow.

Russian Czar Ivan, the Terrible, conquers Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia.

History judges Napoleon as warrior, statesman, genius and megalomaniac.

They said he was a lustful Mad Monk, a Holy Devil, who preached God's word, yet practiced every form of evil; the real truth about the rise of Rasputin is stranger and more moving than the legend of the satanic monk.

In just six years, Mikhaeil Gorbachev brought democracy to Russia and ended the Cold War.

Profile of Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic, whose refusal to sign a peace accord led to an assault by NATO forces on his regime.

Portrait of the Russian leader who helped dismantle Communism and forged a new relationship with the United States and the West.

Profile of Roman Emperor Caligula includes details of his reign, including frenzies of lunacy, murder and perverse sexuality.

Acoustical tests discredit Maj. Reno's statement about Little Bighorn.

In Montana, the Weibert family sets out to solve the last mystery of the Battle of the Little Bighorn -- the whereabouts of the priceless cache of weapons taken from Custer's soldiers after the battle.

In Montana, at the edge of the known battlefield, cousins Penny and Craig Weibert close in on the priceless cache of weapons stripped from Custer's soldiers in the aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

The Weibert family is closer than ever to solving the last great mystery of The Battle of the Little Bighorn; guided by Native American legend, the team unearth a Custer-era bullet at the edge of the known battlefield.

New evidence confirms that a man named Finkle was the lone white survivor of Custer's Last Stand.

The Dakota kill 200 troops at the battle of the Little Bighorn; American Indian insights.

Acoustical tests discredit Maj. Reno's statement about Little Bighorn.

In Montana, the Weibert family sets out to solve the last mystery of the Battle of the Little Bighorn -- the whereabouts of the priceless cache of weapons taken from Custer's soldiers after the battle.

In Montana, at the edge of the known battlefield, cousins Penny and Craig Weibert close in on the priceless cache of weapons stripped from Custer's soldiers in the aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

The Weibert family is closer than ever to solving the last great mystery of The Battle of the Little Bighorn; guided by Native American legend, the team unearth a Custer-era bullet at the edge of the known battlefield.

New evidence confirms that a man named Finkle was the lone white survivor of Custer's Last Stand.

The Dakota kill 200 troops at the battle of the Little Bighorn; American Indian insights.

Acoustical tests discredit Maj. Reno's statement about Little Bighorn.