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Unknown facts about iconic the Hoover Dam; harrowing tales of the men who built it; ideas on how to protect it.

Henry goes down the strange and sordid trail of currency in America ... from how bills were first printed, to why coins have ridges on them.

Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin; Judy Garland.

Secrets about the Mormons including their building of Las Vegas, ownership of brothels, and the origin of their rituals.

Facts about the American flag, from its many designs to its journey to the moon; the original Pledge of Allegiance.

Unknown facts about the American Revolution; stories of overlooked heroes; astonishing innovations; and heartbreaking tragedy.

Henry Rollins discusses why a very important office in Washington is oval; why a brothel once operated on the White House grounds.

Henry uncovers macabre spectator sports, exotic animals and natural disasters as he explores the vivid history of the former independent republic known as Texas.

Founding fathers' favorite treats; buried treasure; very old bones from a swamp; gold and gems in unusual places; whiskers in the White House; lightning; volcanoes; presidential grandchildren.

Ice plays a key role in shaping history and makes its mark as an unusual tool of technology; how glaciers sculpted North America.

Watertight compartments and a steel-plated hull convince all that HMS Titanic would be unsinkable, but a collision with an iceberg proves the belief wrong.

The largest, strongest and most unique ships; an oceanography research vessel that can flip a full 90 degrees; one of the world's largest cruise ships; the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced transport ship; green tugboat; fastest car ferry.

With technological advances, our ancient struggle against the sea has turned into a luxurious holiday; a peek at the elegant life on these floating resorts.

Shipyards are waterside construction sites where some of the largest tools ever built help create the biggest machines on earth; from ancient days to the 18th-century Industrial Revolution to the epic effort performed at Pearl Harbor.

When the men and women aboard a modern submarine hear the command to dive, they can take a measure of comfort in the fact that no US sub has been lost in nearly 40 years, though it's been said that the sea is a more hostile environment than space.

The U.S. Navy's diving and salvage programs; the USS Salvor's underwater remote-operated robots; bomb-locating minisub Alvin.

Explore levees history from collapsing New Orleans floodwalls to European storm surge barriers; examine Sacramento's crumbling erosion evidence, Netherlands' ingenious dikes, Thames barriers, Venice construction, and Army Corps protection efforts.

Ice plays a key role in shaping history and makes its mark as an unusual tool of technology; how glaciers sculpted North America.

Watertight compartments and a steel-plated hull convince all that HMS Titanic would be unsinkable, but a collision with an iceberg proves the belief wrong.

The largest, strongest and most unique ships; an oceanography research vessel that can flip a full 90 degrees; one of the world's largest cruise ships; the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced transport ship; green tugboat; fastest car ferry.

With technological advances, our ancient struggle against the sea has turned into a luxurious holiday; a peek at the elegant life on these floating resorts.

Shipyards are waterside construction sites where some of the largest tools ever built help create the biggest machines on earth; from ancient days to the 18th-century Industrial Revolution to the epic effort performed at Pearl Harbor.

When the men and women aboard a modern submarine hear the command to dive, they can take a measure of comfort in the fact that no US sub has been lost in nearly 40 years, though it's been said that the sea is a more hostile environment than space.

The U.S. Navy's diving and salvage programs; the USS Salvor's underwater remote-operated robots; bomb-locating minisub Alvin.

Explore levees history from collapsing New Orleans floodwalls to European storm surge barriers; examine Sacramento's crumbling erosion evidence, Netherlands' ingenious dikes, Thames barriers, Venice construction, and Army Corps protection efforts.

Ice plays a key role in shaping history and makes its mark as an unusual tool of technology; how glaciers sculpted North America.