Meet the experts who make the Smithsonian Gardens a stunning living museum year round. See how our horticulturists work tirelessly to overcome urban conditions and freezing temperatures. Learn how all gardeners, from amateur to seasoned, can use their secrets to make their own gardens grow.
Three Massachusetts natives comb Plymouth County and the surrounding wooded areas south of Boston to transform 18th and 19th-century homes into brand-new ones, all while preserving their history.
Negotiators record harrowing conversations with criminals who have taken people hostage. In each terrifying standoff, hear their conversations with criminals, and negotiators will break down their psychological tactics. Will the hostages get out alive?
Not long after the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles opened in 1924, a guest committed suicide in one of its rooms, beginning a decades-long string of murders, suicides or otherwise unexplained...
Reveals how women drawn in by the promise of a better life through the glamourous world portrayed on Cathouse instead faced a hidden reality marked by bullying, humiliation, manipulation, sexual assault, and even murder.
Since the dawn of civilization, people in power have played with the truth, danced with deception, and altered reality to suit their interests. Truth & Lies is a provocative series that explores the most dramatic present-day and historical examples of facts being bent, twisted and reshaped as a means of achieving influence and control.
To many, the legacy of King Henry VIII begins and ends with his six wives. But remarkable though his marital history is, it is not what defines him. Just as influential were the men who surrounded him before and during his 37-year reign as King of England. Join host Dr. Tracy Borman as she reveals the story of Britain's most famous monarch and how his male advisors, ministers, family, and friends molded his views, shaped his destiny, suffered his ruthlessness, and, in the end, exploited his vulnerability.
After decades of friendship, six friends are right where they started: together and taking advantage of every opportunity New York City has to offer. Now businessmen, privileged ne'er-do-wells and even a prince (seriously—one of them is an actual prince), their dynamic remains the same. The bachelors of "Lucky Bastards" won't let each other get away with anything, but they’ll also never let each other down. They just want to have fun. With their friends. And preferably quite a few beautiful women.
Jonny Wilkinson and Nicola Adams will join Bear to battle the wild and push their physical and mental limits. From rock climbing, rappelling, abseiling to crossing ice cold rivers, the stars will also learn the key basic survival skills necessary to survive in remote terrain like Dartmoor. In addition to the physical challenge of the adventures, Bear will also have the chance to get to know his companions by speaking to them about their lives, achievements, key life moments, as well as their hopes for the future. And of course, Bear will be sourcing some wilderness survival food to sustain them through the journeys.
Nate and Lauren Webnar, and their 4 year-old daughter Juniper, are former city folk making a fresh start in Chino Valley Arizona. Having experienced an idyllic life in rural Wisconsin, Nate is eager to try his own hand in farming for a simpler life for his family.
Dave and Jenny journey to Italy’s Tuscan countryside from their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, to revitalize a grand villa for longtime friends. The six-episode season documents the Marrs, who first visited Italy as newlyweds, as they execute a monumental restoration of the centuries-old property.
Married couple Steph Sitt and Luke Shantz follow their dreams and gamble everything to transform a shabby Costa Rican motel into a luxurious tropical oasis. But soon, they're swamped by a cascade of renovation disasters that threaten to derail their "pura vida" dream.
Human Resources is an unconventional, comedic, behind-the-scenes look at TerraCycle, an innovative recycling company whose mission is to eliminate the idea of waste. TerraCycle takes anything and everything that is landfill boundfrom potato chip bags to cigarette buttsand recycles, upcycles, reuses, or otherwise transforms these objects into something else. Using science, creativity, and a little DIY attitude, it's changing the way we think about trash.
Hosted by Max Silvestri, the cooking competition series features four chefs in each episode who compete with each other and get eliminated in head-to-head rounds. The chefs will be judged for creating various dishes containing one specific ingredient.
In the hill country of Central Texas outside of San Antonio, two brothers set out to face a new challenge as far as car builders go. Willie and Stephen Holden are building cars on a budget, $25,000 to be exact. In each episode, they'll find a car for $5K and use the rest to transform it into a cool ride any gearhead would want.