TV Guide Smithsonian Wednesday

Passengers take a ride from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, to the beaches of Montenegro aboard the rugged Belgrade to Bar train.

Japan's Kyushu Railway Company unveils the super-luxury Seven Stars train at its train yard in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture in October 2013.

A 14-day voyage through Indonesia on Le Soleal goes to places most cruise ships cannot get to, showing its passengers unique wildlife and live volcanoes.

A modern-day ship known as the Royal Clipper pays homage to traditional seafaring ships of the late-1800s with five masts and 42 sails.

The Viking Star-class cruise ship visits southern Spain, Normandy and the canals of Amsterdam, as the crew navigates narrow passages and battles rough seas.

A captain and his crew struggle to navigate a new route aboard a vessel known as the Viking Sea as they sail from London to Scotland.

An in-depth look at numerous innovative structures around the world includes a horseshoe-shaped complex in Rotterdam and a rock-shaped opera house in China.

Some of the most unique buildings, bridges and lifts in the world highlight the creativity of the engineers and architects behind their radical designs.

Host Jay Ellis visits the American Museum of Natural History, an arts center inspired by migrating birds and built on a lake and Boston University.

Host Jay Ellis goes to a 1.2 million square foot office building, a building that landed on a parking garage and the world's longest suspension footbridge.

Some of the most unique buildings, bridges and lifts in the world highlight the creativity of the engineers and architects behind their radical designs.

Engineers are challenged by an apartment building torn apart by a man-made canyon, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri and a triangular office building.

Host Mike Davidson meets the mechanics, engineers and technicians who keep the world's mightiest machines running as they do their job.

Host Mike Davidson goes to Cirque Du Soleil to meet the talented teams that are in charge of maintaining the machines behind the circus' stage shows.

The world's only underwater research habitat fell into disuse during the pandemic, but Mike and his team work to revive it despite choppy seas.

Host Mike Davidson fixes vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard by replacing engine parts, removing a large can from a buoy and fixing a helicopter.

Featuring a high-rise in Chicago with rippling balconies and the construction of an underground railroad in London that required 26 miles of tunnels.

The engineering and design story behind the Oslo Opera House, Australia's One Central Park and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Host Jay Ellis goes to Hearst Tower in Manhattan and the Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore and learns how designers try to create a worthy museum.

Some of the most unique buildings, bridges and lifts in the world highlight the creativity of the engineers and architects behind their radical designs.

Host Jay Ellis explores man made structures and investigates how new materials and technologies allow their creators to test the limits of what's possible.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

An investigation of three aircraft landing on open water in emergency situations.

Experts investigate catastrophes linked to mismatched pilots.

In 1989, a Brazilian flight crew realizes too late that they're 30 miles past their runway and then has to belly-land in the jungle because they're low on fuel.

High-profile passengers involved in air disasters.

In 1992, a Boeing 737 leaves Panama City and then vanishes from ATC radar minutes later, and it is found that the plane has crashed in a remote jungle.

A Boeing 747 en route from London to New York explodes 31,000 feet above Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 people on the ground as well as everyone on board.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

A team of investigators try to determine the cause of the single deadliest aircraft accident which claimed 520 lives, the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123.