Cottage Life

Explorers discover tunnel systems, a sprawling city, and military barracks.

Tracking down forgotten ideas that have far-reaching consequences in the modern world; looking at a medieval steel formula that was accidentally rediscovered during the space race; seeing what a lost nuclear formula had to do with an oil rig disaster.

Hurricane Florence causes biblical-level flooding in North Carolina; a magnitude seven earthquake rocks Anchorage, Alaska; a colossal wave swamps a surfer in Nazaré, Portugal.

Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed and demonstrates the opulent peak of Rome's ancient engineering; experts investigate secrets that could reveal the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors.

Graffiti scratched into the walls of a military base on the British coast sheds light on a secret raid against the Nazis; the story left behind by the soldiers does not match the rosy picture that was painted by the media.

A deadly balloon bomb threatens the Manhattan Project during World War II; India is rocked by unexpected Himalayan floods outside monsoon season; a pandemic shuts down the world.

Getting ready to say goodbye to a group of contestants, who are primed and ready for their last shot at taking home the 10,000 pounds; checking who wins the day and all those shiny coins packed into the giant exclamation point.

Learning how displaced artifacts spark fresh investigations and rewrite timelines; unearthing a forgotten tragedy in a remote mountain lake in India, checking out footprints that change human migration stories; reopening an ancient cold case.

Drones reveal what's left of Henry Ford's American suburb in the Brazilian jungle; looking for clues to what killed a once-vibrant Pennsylvania mining town; an aerial glimpse of New York's forgotten ghost town; an Italian Renaissance reduced to dust.

A golden-eyed priestess sparks myths of mystical powers and deep-rooted local folklore.

Jeremy Birch takes on a salvage to raise a vessel with a concrete hull; it's been in the Fraser River for a month, collecting silt and mud, adding 30 tons to its deadweight.

Budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multimillionaires who are willing to invest their own cash to kick-start the businesses in the original "Shark Tank." After each pitch, the Dragons have the opportunity to ask questions about the venture. The entrepreneurs don't always have to answer, but of course what they choose not to address could very well affect t

Getting ready to say goodbye to a group of contestants, who are primed and ready for their last shot at taking home the 10,000 pounds; checking who wins the day and all those shiny coins packed into the giant exclamation point.

Drones reveal what's left of Henry Ford's American suburb in the Brazilian jungle; looking for clues to what killed a once-vibrant Pennsylvania mining town; an aerial glimpse of New York's forgotten ghost town; an Italian Renaissance reduced to dust.

Sweep away the debris in a Bronze Age village preserved by fire; open ancient sarcophagi found amid the rubble of Notre Dame; discover a grave hidden in a Canadian farmer's arid field; get intel on ancient climate change in a California tar pit.

Wildfires devastate the seaside village of Mati in Greece; monster hail pummels tourists and zoo animals in Colorado; hikers in Turkey fight for survival after they're stranded by a flash flood; a tornado rips off roofs and catapults cars in Canada.

In the Turkish capital, ambitious plans for a new amusement park are disrupted by financial, mechanical and political problems, forcing the park to close; now its old roller coasters stand as symbols of excess on the city skyline.

A golden-eyed priestess sparks myths of mystical powers and deep-rooted local folklore.

The legendary city of Kish, Iraq, lies at the cradle of human civilization and home to some of the world's first kings; using cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the buried secrets of this lost city to uncover the first origins of royalty.

In the Turkish capital, ambitious plans for a new amusement park are disrupted by financial, mechanical and political problems, forcing the park to close; now its old roller coasters stand as symbols of excess on the city skyline.

A new theory about the sinking of the Titanic emerges; a treeless circle in the middle of the woods is probed; a formation of giant whale bones is discovered sticking out of the ground; researchers study the loudest sound ever recorded underwater.

A villager films a river bank suddenly rising as though a gigantic creature is emerging from beneath the waters in India; experts investigate a potential network of criminal gangs who may be stripping river beds of a very valuable commodity.

In China, a burial site at Jiahu reveals a child's remains marked with peculiar modifications, raising questions about Chinese mortuary practices and more.

A new theory about the sinking of the Titanic emerges; a treeless circle in the middle of the woods is probed; a formation of giant whale bones is discovered sticking out of the ground; researchers study the loudest sound ever recorded underwater.

A villager films a river bank suddenly rising as though a gigantic creature is emerging from beneath the waters in India; experts investigate a potential network of criminal gangs who may be stripping river beds of a very valuable commodity.