History

After building his reputation as a formidable hunter, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade; when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman seek to bring their way of life to the local Cayuse people; their struggle to adapt heightens fears and tensions both with the Cayuse, and each other, setting up a tragic encounter with historic consequences.

The abduction of Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of confrontations; Cynthia Ann's rescue sees her violently removed from her new native family and dropped back into a hostile foreign culture, while pushing her son on a campaign of revenge.

In California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the state; a posse of California Rangers, led by Harry Love, takes Murrieta down - but his legend as a hero to the downtrodden lives on to this day.

The Pacific Northwest is a picking paradise as Mike crashes into the godfather of Italian scooters, while Robbie and Jersey nearly drown in a sea of smalls.

Tension grows among the team as they try to fill the trailer with pre-war vehicles across railway ghost towns.

Matt's final mission is for all thing's fast; the team hunts down muscle cars and racing legends to preserve priceless history.

Ted and Nick hit a 1960s bungalow in a celebrity neighborhood and strike gold with a prospecting machine.

Tension grows among the team as they try to fill the trailer with pre-war vehicles across railway ghost towns.

Matt's final mission is for all thing's fast; the team hunts down muscle cars and racing legends to preserve priceless history.

Exploding cars and blimp disasters to kids sent through the mail and doomed personal helicopters; the past is packed with travel tales and the misfires that paved the road to modern transportation.

Uncover the wild beginnings behind ordinary objects, legendary figures, and even the sayings we use every day; why did Abraham Lincoln once step into the wrestling ring? How do million-dollar birds procreate? What's the story behind a dog that ignited an international conflict? These are the strangest origin tales you've never heard-and won't believe!

General Erwin Rommel tears through North Africa; he steals gold and valuables in the name of the Führer; but when the allies surrender, that wealth is nowhere to be found.

During World War II, Japan plunders a fortune worth hundreds of billions of dollars from occupied countries, but to this day its whereabouts are unknown.

From killer hurricanes and tsunamis to earthquakes, floods and fires, these are the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.

Exploding cars and blimp disasters to kids sent through the mail and doomed personal helicopters; the past is packed with travel tales and the misfires that paved the road to modern transportation.

From blasting through mountains, to building gigantic infrastructure across the sea, to the biggest battleship in history and iconic builds like the Pentagon and the Maginot Line, WWII engineering is a battle of scale that turns the tide of the war.

Necessity sparks wartime ingenuity, turning compact tools into powerful weapons; from the Bazooka and Cavity Magnetron radar, to the Enigma code machine, to a pioneering night-vision scope, engineers and scientists create faster, smarter tools that help win WWII and shape modern warfare.

From a live WWII bomb discovered decades later, to a Civil War cigar hiding secret orders, to a Viking sword unearthed by a child, these finds reveal how the remnants of war can resurface when least expected.

Uncover the wild beginnings behind ordinary objects, legendary figures, and even the sayings we use every day; why did Abraham Lincoln once step into the wrestling ring? How do million-dollar birds procreate? What's the story behind a dog that ignited an international conflict? These are the strangest origin tales you've never heard-and won't believe!

From killer hurricanes and tsunamis to earthquakes, floods and fires, these are the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.

General Erwin Rommel tears through North Africa; he steals gold and valuables in the name of the Führer; but when the allies surrender, that wealth is nowhere to be found.

From a live WWII bomb discovered decades later, to a Civil War cigar hiding secret orders, to a Viking sword unearthed by a child, these finds reveal how the remnants of war can resurface when least expected.

Exploding cars and blimp disasters to kids sent through the mail and doomed personal helicopters; the past is packed with travel tales and the misfires that paved the road to modern transportation.