i'm geoffrey baer. in this show, i'll be criss-crossing the country,bu to visit 1dings that changed the way we all live, work, and play. houses, skyscrapers, a factory and an airport, even a shopping mall. just take a look. each of these buildings was revolutionary in its time, and then went on to bete a trendsetr. >>this building is not like all those knock-offs >> (geoffrey baer) we'll go inside these seminal structures, to see what makes them extraordinary. >>the most complicated piece to build is right there. >> (geoffrey baer) we'll meet the daring architects

i'm geoffrey baer, and i'll be your guide. geoffrey: as we visit of civil engineering. we'll drive the first underwater tunnel built for cars and ride the railroad that madeoast-to-coast train travel possible. g that is a mind boggl engineering achievement. well, it would be like you and me planning to gto the moon. offrey: we'll see how engineers stopped one river dead in its tracks

i'm geoffrey baer. in this show we'll trek through ten city parks ri that changed ame. from tiny public squares... thresavannah plan was ly unprecedented. (geoffrey) ...to park-like cemeteries. it wjust the dead bodies who were feeling crowded. (geoffreic from the "vof texas"... see that doorway right there, that spanish doorway? oh, look at that! (geoffrey) to a freeway in seattle... freeway park. whoever thought of a freeway and a park together?!

i'm geoffrey baer. in this show, we'll go inside me ten homes that changedca. from ancient mud brick "apartments"... so that's the pe that's the penthouse up there. [laughs] (geoffrey) ...to mid-century skyscrapers. (reed) they were glamorous. man, that's a glamorous project. (geoffrey) from hand-crafted works of art... wow! (geoffrey) ...to machine-made masterpieces. (michelle) no two feel alike.