John Roebling may be famous for the Brooklyn Bridge, but his first creation came 16 years earlier with this suspension bridge that connected Ohio and Kentucky — a free state and a union state in the midst of the Civil War.
Presenting 40 of America’s man-made wonders–the buildings, homes, parks, and towns that have helped shape the American environment. Host Geoffrey Baer takes us along to explore some of America’s fascinating architectural treasures through the nation's great homes, parks and towns. The series explores great homes like Fallingwater and Monticello, masterpieces of landscape design like Central Park and the High Line, and triumphs of town planning like Philadelphia and Portland.
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