American Built

The San Francisco subway system is changing the game in rapid transit.

A mission with an impossible timeline.

A death-defying build; a terrifying tragedy; a cutting-edge redesign.

Stuart Varney interviews renowned architects, engineers and historians about engineering marvels, from the USS Nautilus to the Hubble Telescope.

A look at how a rock road was built from New York to San Francisco.

Steel, spikes and ties bind America during the breathtaking race to build across the continent.

Entrepreneurs face off against a corrupt political machine; examining how they built one of the world's largest public transit systems.

How 17 miles of bridges and tunnels were built.

The longest suspension bridge in the world has to be built over a treacherous stretch of water in brutal conditions.

Alcatraz, the most notorious prison in America, took decades to get right and one night to go horribly wrong.

A death-defying build; a terrifying tragedy; a cutting-edge redesign.

A look at how a rock road was built from New York to San Francisco.

The longest suspension bridge in the world has to be built over a treacherous stretch of water in brutal conditions.

Entrepreneurs face off against a corrupt political machine; examining how they built one of the world's largest public transit systems.

Steel, spikes and ties bind America during the breathtaking race to build across the continent.

A mission with an impossible timeline.

Alcatraz, the most notorious prison in America, took decades to get right and one night to go horribly wrong.

The San Francisco subway system is changing the game in rapid transit.

How 17 miles of bridges and tunnels were built.

Stuart Varney interviews renowned architects, engineers and historians about engineering marvels, from the USS Nautilus to the Hubble Telescope.