Discover the complex negotiations that went into the creation of the railroad that would shrink the time it took to cross the nation from six months to one week — and was built mostly by Chinese laborers.
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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