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Buddhists, Hindus, and hundreds of thousands of travelers from around the globe flock to Cambodia every year to experience the grandeur of Angkor....

Primates, like lemurs, baboons, and monkeys, are our closest living relatives, making them a source of endless human fascination. See their...

Embark on a journey into the world's most unforgiving arctic zones, where land and ice are inseparably joined. Swim through the mammoth Mackenzie...

It begins at Minnesota's Lake Itasca and ends in the Gulf of Mexico. From top to bottom, the mighty Mississippi River is a 2,300-mile marvel and...

Across land, sea, and air, they carry the most massive, fragile, and expensive cargoes on the planet to destinations hundreds, even thousands, of...

Tasmanian devils are the bruisers of the animal kingdom: feisty, fearless, and always up for a fight. But despite being at the top of the food chain,...

On April 23, 1945, the U.S. Navy warship USS Eagle 56 exploded off the coast of Portland, Maine due to a malfunction of the ship's boilers...or so...

There's no better way to take in Greece's great diversity, natural beauty, and mythic grandeur than to experience it from a god's-eye-view. This...

Across the planet, every animal--predator or prey--has survival advantages honed by millions of years of evolution. Watch some of nature's most...

How did the world we call home come to be? Combining the latest scientific discoveries and theories with CGI, we journey through eons of fire and ice...

The evolutionary journey of life on Earth spans millions of years - and the results are as diverse as they are jaw-dropping. Travel through time as...

Africa's diverse terrain is as awesome as it is deadly. With scalding volcanic fields, scorched-earth deserts, and violent waterways, discover what...

The amazing thing about nature is the number of ways it continues to surprise us - and in the case of these unique creatures, it appears we're barely...

Uncover the stories behind Princess Diana's life and the British monarchy like never before.

Secrets of the Pyramid Builders is an ambitious docudrama series shot in 4K that brings to life extraordinary true stories from the age of the...

Behind many million-dollar inventions are priceless stories of inspiration, controversy, triumph, and tragedy. Explore inventions large and small,...

A deep dive into the underbelly of the Prohibition era, which was characterized as much by jazz, illegal booze and female liberation as it was by...

New technology and the opening of previously closed societies are ushering in a golden age of archaeology, uncovering the secrets of some of...

Smithsonian Channel's Sound Revolution is a documentary television series hosted by award-winning actor Morgan Freeman. Documentary footage, expert...