MegaStructures: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of MegaStructures Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Berlin Wall
Mar 14, 2006
A history of the Berlin Wall, the “wall of shame” that divided East and West Germany from 1961 to 1989. The hour chronicles escape attempts and how East German authorities responde
Impossible bridges: Denmark to Sweden
Apr 18, 2006
The Oresund, spanning 10 miles in length, is the longest bridge in the world. The bridge links countries Denmark and Sweden, and Megastructures chronicles the history in it's desig
Impossible Bridges: Greece
May 2, 2006
Megastructures chronicles the design and construction of Greece's Rion-Antirion Bridge. The bridges is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world and spans over the straits of Co
Hoover Dam
May 16, 2006
Explore the US Treasury's impenetrable subterranean vaults housing monster money-making machines that churn out billions of dollars. See the army of protectors that ensure the worl
Inside NCIS
May 30, 2006
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the United States Department of the Navy's primary law enforcement agency. Let Megastructures give you a first hand tour!
Impossible Bridges:China
Jul 11, 2006
Lupu Bridge in Shanghai, Runyang Bridge in Jiangsu Province, and Sutong Bridge near Suzhou
Garbage Mountain
Aug 1, 2006
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the United States Department of the Navy's primary law enforcement agency. Let Megastructures give you a first hand tour!
Ice Hotel
Aug 1, 2006
10,000 tons of crystal clear ice and 30,000 tons of pure snow are needed to build the Ice Hotel in Sweden every year. The hotel accommodates over 100 guests and every bedroom is un
Machines of War: Missiles
Sep 7, 2006
Uncovering the secrets behind the engineering and designs of the supertankers in one of the largest shipyards in the world. And discovering the technology, power and science of the
How it's built: Steel
Sep 21, 2006
Track the flight of a Tomahawk cruise missile from launch to target and discover the technology that makes the missile the ultimate surgical attack weapon.
Machines of War: Guns
Oct 12, 2006
It's man made and one of the strongest materials on earth. Explore the science behind steel and the innovations it has made possible -- from the Brooklyn Bridge to the tools for me
Panama Canal Unlocked
Oct 19, 2006
Megastructures examines the mega-machines used to run the Panama Canal and uncovers the canal's five-billion dollar project for it's expansion.
Science of Bricks
Nov 2, 2006
Brick: They are an essential building block of civilization. They are one of the worlds first building materials and today they continue to create structures that amaze us. From pa
Science of Concrete
Nov 14, 2006
Concrete: It is the most widely used building material on earth. It was a building block of the Roman Empire and is a material of choice for a new generation of gravity-defying sky
Megafactories Ferrari
Dec 7, 2006
In this episode, one of the world's most famous sports car, the Ferrari, is featured. From it's design stage to it's completion stage, viewers get to witness some of the manufactur