Elizabeth Mann

Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.

Discusses the history, design, and construction of New York City's Empire State Building.

Describes the building of the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and tells how it was used.

Relates the history of how the Panama Canal was planned and built, including the political, international, and health aspects of getting the project finished on time.

The Statue of Liberty pays homage to what is best about America, but it was the idea of two Frenchmen who lived under the harsh rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Edouard Laboulaye and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi wanted to remind their countrymen that tyranny is not inevitable, that citizens have rights which no government can take from them. It took two decades of planning, fundraising, and building for their dreams to cross the ocean And now the statue...

A history of the Maya Indians in the city of Tikal, founded in 800 B.C.