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Engineering

Hastière, Belgium

Ancien Barrage Hastière

Two sections of the old dam that made it possible to tame the Meuse in Belgium in the 19th century.

Savage, Maryland

Bollman Truss Bridge

This is the last surviving Bollman truss bridge in the world.

Dawson City, Yukon

Dredge No. 4

A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.

Lancashire, England

Bancroft Mill Engine Museum

A steam-powered survivor in the Forest of Bowland.

Fudai Floodgate

Once considered a massive folly, this "miracle floodgate" saved its town from tsunami devastation in 2011.

Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador

Heart’s Content Cable Station

The historic Newfoundland outpost where the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable made landfall.

The Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound” on display in Las Vegas.

The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound Changed Live Music Forever

Filling four trucks and as loud as an airplane taking off, the Wall of Sound was the largest, most sophisticated sound system ever built. It nearly destroyed the band.

The Podcast Team June 23, 2025

Aldershot, England

Inglis Bridge

The world's only surviving Inglis Bridge allowed for fast deployment during WWI.

Hanover, Germany

Kuppelaufzug

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

Conwy Suspension Bridge

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.

North Bonneville, Washington

Bonneville Lock & Dam

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

Duboka, Croatia

Pelješac Bridge

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.

Passu, Pakistan

Passu Suspension Bridge

Unrefined, uneven, and unstable—this is the real McCoy of Pakistani suspension bridges.

Vulcan, West Virginia

Vulcan Bridge

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

Santiago Tepeyahualco, Mexico

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque

In the 16th century, a Franciscan monk pulled off a construction miracle by building a Roman-style aqueduct to save the town of Otumba, Mexico, from certain death.

Tumalo Dam

The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."

Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.

Galveston, Texas

1900 Storm Memorial

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.