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Monuments | AIDS Memorial Quilt, Everywhere, USA
6:29
A 1,920 panel quilt that covered the National Mall commemorating victims of AIDS.
Modern Marvels | Hoover Dam
5:13
Designed to provide water and power for the growing cities of Southern California.
Streets | Boston Post Road
9:13
Travel the highway that helped win the American Revolution.
Streets | Broadway, New York, NY
5:32
The Native American and Dutch roots of the first street in America featuring mass transit.
Modern Marvels | Transcontinental Railroad
5:20
The railroad that shrank the time it took to cross the nation from six months to one week.
Modern Marvels | Reversal of the Chicago River
5:18
Chicago's greatest engineering feat was saving itself from it's own sewage.
Modern Marvels | Hurricane & Storm Damage Reduction System
6:23
Army Corps of Engineers created a system of safeguards to keep New Orleans from flooding.
Modern Marvels | Colorado River Aqueduct
5:05
Provides much of the drinking water for southern California.
Monuments | Statue of Liberty, New York, NY
5:00
Conceived by Frenchman Edouard Laboulaye as a celebration of America's democracy.
Modern Marvels | Erie Canal Albany, NY to Buffalo, NY
5:30
Waterway that linked the Atlantic Ocean with the fertile farmland of America's interior.
Modern Marvels | John A. Roebling Bridge
4:54
John Roebling first revealed his bridge building secrets in Cincinnati.
Modern Marvels | Interstate Highway System
4:46
The largest engineering project in human history that accelerated an exodus to suburbia.
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