Celebrate the ingenuity and imagination found in the world around us. 24/7 episodes of Modern Marvels, television's most innovative series.

Modern Marvels

Meet the loggers who started it all, and find out what really happens on the journey from stump to sawmill.

Modern Marvels Essentials

Logging Tech

From banishing waste to battling B-O, the modern bathroom is full of wonders, all devoted to keeping us clean.

Bathroom Tech

The butcher's craft is a fusion of knives and technology, old world skills and modern day tools.

The Butcher

From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the inner workings of the coin-operated world.

Coin Operated

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The History Channel narrows its focus and shines the light of "Modern Marvels" onto very specific items most people come into contact with on a daily basis. Vending machines, distilleries, the butcher's trade -- all these and more are examined in minute detail. From the rapidly disappearing pay phone to the science of salt and the intricacies of a truck stop, cameras capture the hows and whys of things people may take for granted.

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