Stories from the Vaults

Host Tom Cavanagh explores man's sincerest love of all - love of food. Explore Native American food, the origin of the coffee break, and food's effect on our teeth.

Can an artist outsmart top spies? Does a missile filled with mail make a political statement to the world? Unlock some of the Smithsonian's most compelling mysteries.

Follow Tom Cavanagh as he tracks sloths, searches the Panama Canal, and rises 16 stories in a construction crane to research bug life atop the rainforest.

Host Tom Cavanagh taps into the Smithsonian's vaults and labs to gaze into the future, as we envisioned it in the 1930s and as we look forward today.

Host Tom Cavanagh joins the Smithsonian on a mission of "extreme conservation" to protect the best aspects of our world for future generations.

Go behind the scenes and under the covers of the Smithsonian to find evidence of romance and sex within the institution's confines.

Tom Cavanagh takes on the bad guys in "Villains and Rogues" and digs up some pretty incriminating evidence from the Smithsonian vaults.