HISTORY 2

Two rival rail companies, led by Charles Crocker of the Central Pacific and Thomas Durant of the Union Pacific, stop at nothing to best each other.

A little-known 19th-century French artist embarks on a 20-year odyssey to build the tallest statue in the world and erect it on U.S. soil.

France and America compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; it will cost 30,000 lives, $600 million dollars, and require overcoming many obstacles.

France and America compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; it will cost 30,000 lives, $600 million dollars, and require overcoming many obstacles.

Visionary engineers in New York and Boston vie to build the first subway system in America, but must overcome unprecedented engineering challenges, deadly accidents, fierce political infighting, and the public's fear of the underground.

A century before the Internet, two brave visionaries, Collin Perry and Cyrus Field, endure failure and heartache while risking everything to connect the United States to the rest of the world with a cable under the ocean.

Ken's wife gets some surprising news when she arrives for a visit; Big Al has trouble with his excavator; Karl's season is threatened by permafrost.

Dennis' hunt for gold proves unsuccessful; Ken breaks a machine in his haste to sluice; Karl's season is threatened by floods.

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Revisiting some of the most impressive paint jobs; a 1971 Road Runner gets a crazy new coat to commemorate a loved one; Rob Zombie's truck undergoes a transformation; a Harley transforms into a work of art inspired by the client's own tattoos.

Ken's wife gets some surprising news when she arrives for a visit; Big Al has trouble with his excavator; Karl's season is threatened by permafrost.

Dennis' hunt for gold proves unsuccessful; Ken breaks a machine in his haste to sluice; Karl's season is threatened by floods.

When a bear charges a group of remote researchers, a Conservation Officer deals with the potentially life-threatening situation, and Ray takes on a challenging recovery that bested two tow companies before him.

American cars get a makeover when an engineer creates the first sports car. And Detroit's Big 3 begin transforming their functional, practical cars into American sports cars, hot rods and muscle cars in an arms race to make the fastest, most powerful cars the country has ever seen.

Founding fathers of the biggest retail stores in the world battle to be the first to innovate, build, and revolutionize the industry; one of the top businessmen of the 20th century, Sam Walton, will construct the world's largest retail empire.

The evolution of America's most beloved sports of baseball, basketball and football are made possible by the innovations of sporting goods pioneers named Spalding, Wilson, and the Rawlings brothers.

A century ago, shipping packages was slow and shipping overnight was impossible, until two Seattle brothers risk everything to reinvent shipping packages for all; a tenacious Yale graduate creates a world-famous express delivery service.

James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a revolutionary new soap that revolutionizes America and opens up a market to entrepreneurs in the late 1800s, when Americans rarely bathed and deadly diseases were commonplace.

A small piece of plastic revolutionizes the world of commerce in the middle of the 20th century; Diners' Club, Bank of America and American Express race to change how people pay for everything, kicking off the $6 trillion dollar credit card industry.

American cars get a makeover when an engineer creates the first sports car. And Detroit's Big 3 begin transforming their functional, practical cars into American sports cars, hot rods and muscle cars in an arms race to make the fastest, most powerful cars the country has ever seen.

Founding fathers of the biggest retail stores in the world battle to be the first to innovate, build, and revolutionize the industry; one of the top businessmen of the 20th century, Sam Walton, will construct the world's largest retail empire.

The evolution of America's most beloved sports of baseball, basketball and football are made possible by the innovations of sporting goods pioneers named Spalding, Wilson, and the Rawlings brothers.

A century ago, shipping packages was slow and shipping overnight was impossible, until two Seattle brothers risk everything to reinvent shipping packages for all; a tenacious Yale graduate creates a world-famous express delivery service.

James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a revolutionary new soap that revolutionizes America and opens up a market to entrepreneurs in the late 1800s, when Americans rarely bathed and deadly diseases were commonplace.

A small piece of plastic revolutionizes the world of commerce in the middle of the 20th century; Diners' Club, Bank of America and American Express race to change how people pay for everything, kicking off the $6 trillion dollar credit card industry.

American cars get a makeover when an engineer creates the first sports car. And Detroit's Big 3 begin transforming their functional, practical cars into American sports cars, hot rods and muscle cars in an arms race to make the fastest, most powerful cars the country has ever seen.