Modern Marvels

Explore the challenges and complexity of creating feasts for the largest and most ravenous crowds. In Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood's Spice Market buffet serves a never-ending line of gamblers.

Technology has taken on deliveries, from everyday items to the most unusual items ever packed, labeled and shipped. Take a tour of the UPS Worldport hub and deliver luxury yachts, a donor kidney, and thoroughbred horses on a special jet.

Challenge the world's best safecracker to defeat a bank vault. See the methods a bank uses to protect its money and tellers. See how Customs and Border Protection officers stop illegals and contraband from entering the U.S.

It's full steam ahead in Jay Leno's garage as Jay fires up two of his classic steam cars. From steam-driven carousels to the robot movement called "Steampunk," explore the mechanical inventions made possible by the power of man-made steam.

The colossal cornerstones of commerce: Mega stores are giant facilities engineered to keep up with America's supersized spending habits. To keep up with the massive demand, see what's happening behind the scenes.

Explore America's growing obsession with oversized meals & how we cook them! Discover the biggest everyday offerings of gargantuan portions—from the largest burger (almost 250 pounds) to a monster bottle that holds over 101 ounces of beer.