Original subtitles

AMERICA IS A LAND \hOF RISK TAKERS--

FROM THE MEN WHO BROUGHT FLIGHT TO THE MASSES...

TO THE WOMAN WHO SPENT HER LIFE PUSHING THE LIMITS.

IT’S A LAND OF INNOVATION--

FROM A COLONY SOME HOPED \hCOULD EXIST ON MARS...

TO A CITY OTHERS THOUGHT WOULD BE A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE GOOD IDEAS HAVE MADE MILLIONAIRES...

\hAND A GOOD GOLF SWING PRODUCED A BILLIONAIRE.

\hFROM SELF-MADE MEN TO MANMADE PRODUCTS,

THESE ARE THE BIG THINKERS, \hBIG DREAMS, AND BIG THINGS

THAT COULD ONLY BE MADE \h\h\h\h\hIN THE U.S.A.

\hIN THE EVERGREENS OF WASHINGTON STATE

IS ONE COMPANY THAT’S MADE AMERICA A COMPUTING SUPERPOWER--

MICROSOFT.

THIS IS THE SOFTWARE GIANT’S \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHEADQUARTERS

JUST OUTSIDE SEATTLE, \h\h\h\h\hIN REDMOND.

BILL GATES, A SEATTLE NATIVE, DROPPED OUT OF HARVARD IN 1975

\h\h\h\hTO START THE COMPANY IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

HE RELOCATED TO WASHINGTON \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1979.

A YEAR LATER, GATES GOT A CALL

ABOUT DEVELOPING A TOP-SECRET \h\h\h\h\h\hOPERATING SYSTEM.

\h\hIT WAS FOR SOMETHING UNHEARD OF AT THE TIME--

AN IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER.

IN REDMOND, MICROSOFT’S \hEMPLOYEES HAVE PERKS

LIKE A SOCCER FIELD, \hBASEBALL DIAMOND,

AND 25 HIGH-END CAFETERIAS.

A FEW LUCKY WORKERS EVEN GET TO VISIT THE BOSS’ HOUSE...

PROOF OF JUST HOW MUCH MONEY \hCAN BE MADE IN THE U.S.A.

BILL GATES’ MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR ESTATE ON LAKE WASHINGTON

\hFEATURES A RECEPTION HALL AND CONFERENCE FACILITIES,

\h\h\h\h\h\hIN CASE HE NEEDS TO TAKE WORK HOME WITH HIM.

ONE OF THE LIBRARIES CONTAINS A LEONARDO DA VINCI NOTEBOOK,

WHICH GATES BOUGHT IN 1994 FOR MORE THAN $30 MILLION.

AND WHILE THE HOME’S EXTERIOR \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS TRADITIONAL,

THE INSIDE IS, OF COURSE, \h\h\h\hSTATE OF THE ART.

A HOUSE COMPUTER CAN DETECT

WHAT TEMPERATURE AND MUSIC \h\hEACH RESIDENT PREFERS.

ANOTHER MAJOR AMERICAN BRAND WAS MADE IN SEATTLE--STARBUCKS.

THE COMPANY STARTED OUT \h\h\h\hAS A SMALL SHOP

IN NEARBY PIKE PLACE MARKET, \h\hWHERE IT OPENED IN 1971.

IN 1983, MARKETING DIRECTOR \h\h\h\h\h\h\hHOWARD SCHULTZ

WENT TO MILAN, ITALY,

AND NOTICED THE POPULARITY \h\h\h\h\hOF ESPRESSO BARS.

HE CONVINCED STARBUCKS’ FOUNDERS

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TRY OUT THE COFFEEHOUSE CONCEPT,

AND NOW STARBUCKS IS SOLD \h\h\h\h\hIN 55 COUNTRIES.

THEIR SIGNATURE MERMAID

COMES FROM A 16th CENTURY \h\h\h\h\h\hNORSE WOODCUT.

\h\h\h\h\h\hIT PAYS TRIBUTE TO SEATTLE’S SEAPORT ROOTS,

AND THE SEAFARING HISTORY \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF COFFEE.

A WASHINGTON OUTDOORSMAN MADE IT BIG IN THE U.S.A.

AFTER A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE.

\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1930s, A MAN NAMED EDDIE BAUER

\hWAS HAULING FISH HE HAD JUST CAUGHT

THROUGH THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA.

SOON, HE STARTED SWEATING \h\h\hIN HIS WOOL CLOTHES

AND DEVELOPED HYPOTHERMIA.

AFTERWARDS, BAUER CAME UP \h\h\h\h\h\hWITH AN IDEA

\hFOR A GOOSE-DOWN BREATHABLE JACKET--

AN INVENTION THAT REVOLUTIONIZED COLD-WEATHER OUTERWEAR.

HE HIT IT REALLY BIG \hIN WORLD WAR TWO,

WHEN THE DOWN-FILLED \h\h\hBOMBER JACKETS

HE MADE FOR FIGHTER PILOTS

BECAME THE HEIGHT OF FASHION.

THE WAR ALSO MADE A FORTUNE FOR ANOTHER WASHINGTON BUSINESSMAN

NAMED WILLIAM BOEING.

\h\h\hHE FLEW AS A PASSENGER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1914,

JUST ELEVEN YEARS AFTER THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ VIRGIN FLIGHT.

\h\hBOEING HAD BEEN RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TIMBER COMPANY,

BUT ONCE HE WAS AIRBORNE,

DECIDED HE COULD BUILD \h\h\h\hA BETTER PLANE.

IN TWO YEARS, HE LEARNED TO FLY, HIRED ENGINEERS,

AND TOOK HIS NEW PLANE \h\hFOR A TEST FLIGHT.

AT FIRST, THE COMPANY STRUGGLED.

THEN, BOEING STARTED \h\h\hFLYING LETTERS

FROM VANCOUVER TO SEATTLE--

\h\h\h\hAMERICA’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL.

BOEING ALSO STARTED REPAIRING

AND MANUFACTURING \hMILITARY PLANES,

\h\hEVENTUALLY BUILDING WORLD WAR TWO BOMBERS.

THE COMPANY IS A TOP PRODUCER \h\hOF PASSENGER AIRCRAFT...

MANY OF WHICH ARE MADE HERE, \h25 MILES NORTH OF SEATTLE.

THIS IS BOEING’S MAMMOTH \h\h\h\h\hEVERETT PLANT--

\hTHE LARGEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD WHEN MEASURED BY VOLUME.

INSIDE, IT’S THE EQUIVALENT \h\h\hOF 75 FOOTBALL FIELDS.

BEHIND MASSIVE BAY DOORS, BOEING BUILDS FOUR MODELS OF PLANES.

\h\h\h\hTHE AIRCRAFT EMERGE WITH A GREEN MYLAR COATING

TO PREVENT DAMAGE.

\hTHIS IS ALSO WHERE BOEING BUILDS THE 787 DREAMLINER,

WHICH OFFERS PASSENGERS WI-FI, \hLIVE TV AND CELL PHONE USE.

\h\hAFTER A FEW HUNDRED TESTS, A PLANE IS READY FOR DELIVERY.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT WILLIAM BOEING CERTAINLY WASN’T THE ONLY ONE

FASCINATED BY FLIGHT.

HIS FELLOW FLYING MAVERICKS JUST HAPPENED TO BE TAKING OFF...

IN KANSAS.

IN THE MID ’20s, WICHITA RESIDENT LLOYD STEARMAN

\h\hSTARTED DESIGNING BIPLANES LIKE THESE--

\h\h\h\hTHE MAIN AIRCRAFT USED IN THOSE EARLY AVIATION YEARS.

THE PLANES ARE STILL FLYING \h\h\hNEARLY 90 YEARS LATER.

A STEARMAN BIPLANE EVEN STARRED

IN ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S "NORTH BY NORTHWEST,"

WHERE IT WAS USED TO TRY \hAND MURDER CARY GRANT.

WHILE SOME BUSINESSMEN \hWERE BUILDING PLANES,

\h\h\h\h\hAN AMERICAN WOMAN WAS MAKING HISTORY WITH ONE.

AMELIA EARHART WAS BORN \h\h\h\h\hIN ATCHISON,

WHERE KANSAS ARTIST STAN HERD \h\h\h\h\hPAYS TRIBUTE TO HER

\hWITH A ONE-ACRE EARTHEN PORTRAIT.

GROWING UP, EARHART SPENT \hMUCH OF HER TIME HERE,

\h\hIN HER GRANDPARENTS’ HOUSE HIGH ABOVE THE MISSOURI RIVER.

AS A GIRL, SHE WAS INDEPENDENT,

AND EVEN KEPT A SCRAPBOOK \hOF ACCOMPLISHED WOMEN.

IN 1928, EARHART GAINED \h\h\h\hWORLDWIDE FAME

WHEN SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

SHE WAS DRIVEN, IN PART, BY A DESIRE TO HELP WOMEN

\h\h\h\h\h\hACHIEVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE,

OFTEN USING HER FAME TO ADVOCATE

\hFOR FEMALE PILOTS AND WOMEN’S ISSUES.

BUT HER ATTEMPT TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN AROUND THE WORLD

CAME TO A TRAGIC END WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED OVER THE PACIFIC--

\h\h\h\hA MYSTERIOUS DEATH THAT SOMETIMES OVERSHADOWS

HER LIFETIME OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IN THE REMOTE PLAINS \hOF WESTERN KANSAS

IS A TOWN THAT REMADE ITSELF AFTER A DEVASTATING TRAGEDY.

IN 2007, A MASSIVE TORNADO

LEVELED THE SMALL COMMUNITY \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF GREENSBURG.

\h\hHALF OF THE SURVIVORS DECIDED NOT TO COME BACK.

BUT THE POPULATION HERE

\h\hHAD ACTUALLY BEEN DECREASING FOR YEARS.

\h\hCITY LEADERS DECIDED THEY DIDN’T JUST NEED TO REBUILD--

THEY NEEDED TO REVITALIZE.

\h\hTHEIR IDEA WAS TO MAKE GREENSBURG

THE GREENEST TOWN IN AMERICA.

IT WAS A TOUGH SELL \h\h\hTO RESIDENTS,

BUT THEY GRADUALLY BEGAN \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO RALLY.

SOON, ECO HOMES LIKE THIS ROSE, MODELED AFTER A GRAIN SILO

THAT WITHSTOOD THE TORNADO’S \h\h200-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS.

THE 5-4-7 ARTS CENTER

WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC BUILDING \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO GO UP--

PART OF THE TOWN’S DECISION TO MAKE THE ARTS A PRIORITY.

THE KANSAS ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS WHO DESIGNED IT

NAMED IT AFTER THE DATE \h\h\hTHE TORNADO HIT.

THE TOWN’S LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, \h\hWHICH WERE ALSO DESTROYED,

NOW LIVE IN THE AWARD-WINNING KIOWA COUNTY COMMONS BUILDING.

ITS ROOF OVERHANG, AWNINGS, AND TREES

CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT \h\h\hAND HEAT THAT ENTER...

WHILE SOLAR PANELS \h\hGENERATE POWER.

\hBUT THE BUILDING THAT MAY SYMBOLIZE

GREENSBURG’S REBIRTH BEST

IS THE SPIRAL-SHAPED MUSEUM--

THE NEW ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN’S \h\h\h\h\hOLDEST ATTRACTION--

THE BIG WELL.

THE BUILDING SITS

ATOP THE DEEPEST HAND-DUG WELL \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WORLD.

\h\h\hTHE STRUCTURE IS MODELED AFTER THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE--

A SERIES OF NUMBERS THAT CREATES SPIRALS FOUND IN NATURE,

INCLUDING TORNADOES.

\hKANSAS HAS ALSO HELPED MAKE THE U.S.A. MORE ECO-FRIENDLY--

\h\h\h\h\hBY HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE WIND.

BP IS BEHIND THIS WIND FARM-- \h\h\hCALLED FLAT RIDGE TWO--

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE WIND INDUSTRY HAS SKYROCKETED IN THE U.S.,

OUTPACED ONLY BY CHINA.

\h\h\hBUT TO TAP INTO THE WIND’S POTENTIAL,

SOME ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED.

THE WINDMILLS ARRIVE IN PIECES,

WHICH ARE THEN SPREAD OUT \h\h\h\h\hON THE PRAIRIE.

EACH ONE WILL SIT ON A CONCRETE PAD

WHERE ITS TRANSFORMER \h\h\h\h\hIS LOCATED.

WORKERS ASSEMBLE THE THREE TUBES

\h\h\hTHAT WILL MAKE UP THE WINDMILL’S TOWER...

\h\h\h\hTHEN ATTACH THE GIANT PROPELLER BLADES TO THEIR HUB.

\h\h\h\hONCE THAT’S FINISHED, A POWERFUL MOTOR GOES ON TOP.

\hFINALLY, THE PROPELLER IS READY TO BE INSTALLED.

\hIN THIS DELICATE DANCE BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE,

\h\h\h\hEACH GEAR AND PART MUST BE PERFECTLY ALIGNED.

WHEN THE WORKERS ARE DONE,

262 WINDMILLS WILL TOWER \hOVER THE KANSAS PLAINS,

GENERATING ENOUGH ELECTRICITY \h\h\h\h\hFOR 125,000 HOMES.

IN NEARBY OKLAHOMA IS THE BIRTHPLACE

OF THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR.

\h\h\hTHIS IS THE NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER IN NORMAN,

WHERE THE DOPPLER WAS BORN OUT OF WORLD WAR TWO TECHNOLOGY

TO DETECT ENEMY AIRCRAFT \h\h\h\h\h\hAND MISSILES.

IN 1964, THE RADAR ALLOWED SCIENTISTS

TO MEASURE MOTION INSIDE A STORM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

MORE RECENTLY, DOPPLER RADAR \h\h\h\h\hADVANCED TO THIS,

CALLED "O.U. PRIME."

\h\h\hIT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION RADARS OF ITS KIND.

RESEARCHERS USE IT TO HELP \hPREDICT SEVERE WEATHER--

A NECESSITY IN THE MIDDLE \h\h\h\hOF TORNADO ALLEY.

\h1,400 MILES AWAY IS ONE OF THE SITES

THAT HELPED GOOGLE BECOME \h\h\h\hA HOUSEHOLD NAME.

THIS IS THE COMPANY’S \h\h\h\h\hSERVER FARM

IN THE DALLES, OREGON.

INSIDE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PROCESSORS

\h\h\hTHAT ARE PART OF THE GOOGLEPLEX--

BASICALLY THE BIGGEST COLLECTIVE COMPUTER IN THE WORLD.

\hAND POWERING ALL THAT CREATES A LOT OF HEAT--

WHICH IS WHY THIS SERVER FARM \hIS NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER.

\h\h\h\hTHE DALLES DAM HYDROELECTRIC STATION--

AND ITS HALF-MILE POWERHOUSE--

SUPPLY GOOGLE WITH CHEAP, \h\h\h\hRENEWABLE ENERGY--

SOMETHING THE COMPANY SAYS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A PRIORITY

AS IT CONTINUES TO EXPAND.

\h\h\hWESTERN OREGON IS HOME TO THE TRACK

\h\h\h\h\hTHAT HELPED MAKE A SPORTSWEAR GIANT--NIKE.

THIS IS HAYWARD FIELD, OR "TRACK TOWN U.S.A.,"

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN EUGENE.

\h\hIN 1949, A MAN NAMED BILL BOWERMAN

BECAME THE TRACK AND FIELD \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOACH HERE.

KNOWN FOR HIS ATTENTION \h\h\h\h\h\hTO DETAIL,

BOWERMAN EVEN COBBLED SHOES \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR HIS RUNNERS.

\h\hTHEN, IN 1964, BOWERMAN WENT INTO THE SHOE BUSINESS

WITH FORMER U OF O RUNNER \h\h\h\h\h\hBILL KNIGHT.

THEY STARTED OUT SELLING \h\hSNEAKERS FROM JAPAN--

\h\hBUT IN 1971, LAUNCHED THEIR OWN COMPANY, NIKE,

NAMED AFTER THE GREEK GODDESS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF VICTORY.

\h\h\hAT THE COMPANY’S BEAVERTON HEADQUARTERS,

NIKE IS STILL LOOKING FOR WAYS \h\hTO GIVE RUNNERS AN EDGE...

INVITING TOP ATHLETES \h\h\h\hTO TRAIN HERE.

\hTHE CAMPUS’ BUILDINGS BEAR THE NAMES OF SPORTS LEGENDS

THAT HAVE BEEN SPONSORED \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY NIKE,

\hINCLUDING MICHAEL JORDAN, MIA HAMM AND JOHN McENROE--

ALL OF WHOM WERE ALSO MADE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE U.S.A.

\hALONG THE PRISTINE WATERS OF JUPITER ISLAND, FLORIDA,

IS THE HOME OF ANOTHER ATHLETE \hWHO MADE IT BIG IN AMERICA.

THIS IS TIGER WOODS’ 12-ACRE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR ESTATE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH HE KEPT AS HIS PERMANENT RESIDENCE

\hAFTER HIS MESSY SPLIT WITH WIFE ELIN NORDEGREN IN 2010.

THE HOUSE INCLUDES FOUR GREENS,

ALL WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF TURF TO REPLICATE REAL COURSES.

\hON THE SECOND FLOOR IS QUITE THE CUSTOM ADD-ON--

\h\h\h\h\h\hWOODS’ OWN PERSONAL DRIVING RANGE.

UP THE FLORIDA COAST IS A CITY

\h\h\h\hTHAT’S MADE THE U.S.A. A LEADER IN SPACE EXPLORATION.

\h\h\hCAPE CANAVERAL IS HOME TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER--

A LONGSTANDING TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF AMERICAN INGENUITY.

HERE AT PAD 39-A,

ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ ALDRIN AND MICHAEL COLLINS

BLASTED OFF...

\h\h\h\h\h\hAS DID 135 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS.

TOWERING OVER THIS STRETCH \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF COAST

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS NASA’S VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING,

THE LARGEST SINGLE-STORY \hSTRUCTURE IN THE WORLD.

INSIDE, ENGINEERS ASSEMBLED EVERY SINGLE SPACE SHUTTLE.

BEFORE LAUNCH, SHUTTLES \h\h\h\hWERE ROLLED OUT

AND ONTO THIS 135-FOOT-WIDE PATH, CALLED THE CRAWLERWAY.

THE 17-MILLION-POUND SPACECRAFT

\h\h\h\hSAT ON GIANT CRAWLER TRANSPORTERS

\h\hTHAT, BECAUSE OF THE CRUSHING WEIGHT,

\hCOULDN’T MOVE FASTER THAN A MILE PER HOUR.

TRACKS FROM THE LAST ONE TO MAKE THIS JOURNEY ARE STILL VISIBLE.

\hTHIS IS ALSO WHERE AMERICA’S ASTRONAUTS RETURNED TO EARTH--

AIMING FOR TWO BLACK STRIPS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE TARMAC.

THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM \h\h\h\h\h\hENDED IN 2011.

NOW, NASA IS LOOKING \h\h\h\hFOR NEW WAYS

\h\hTO PUT ITS HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO USE.

FLORIDA MAY BE FAMOUS FOR ITS MADE-IN-THE-U.S.A. ORANGES--

BUT IT TURNS OUT THE FRUIT ISN’T ACTUALLY NATIVE TO THE STATE.

SPANISH SETTLERS BROUGHT IT HERE FROM CHINA IN THE 16th CENTURY.

\hIT TOOK ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED YEARS FOR ORANGES TO CATCH ON.

THE FRUIT RIPENS IN THE FALL,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THOUSANDS OF MIGRANT LABORERS ARE HIRED

TO HELP WITH THE HARVEST.

\hRACING BETWEEN THE ROWS ARE TRUCKS CALLED "GOATS"

THAT GATHER THE FRUIT \h\h\h\hFROM WORKERS

AND FERRY IT TO NEARBY \h\h\hTRACTOR TRAILERS.

\h\hTHE ORANGES THEN TRAVEL TO NEARBY PROCESSING PLANTS

\hLIKE THIS ONE OWNED BY FLORIDA’S NATURAL.

THE COMPANY GOT ITS START IN 1933 AS A SMALL CO-OP.

NOW IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST \h\h\hORANGE JUICE PRODUCERS

IN THE COUNTRY.

OPEN TRAILER TRUCKS TAKE THE FRUIT FROM FARM TO FACTORY.

INSIDE, MILLIONS OF ORANGES \hA YEAR ARE TURNED TO PULP,

THEIR JUICE PASTEURIZED \h\h\h\h\h\hAND BOTTLED

BEFORE IT MAKES ITS WAY \h\h\hAROUND THE WORLD.

THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY \h\h\h\h\hFROM FLORIDA,

\h\h\hANOTHER AMERICAN PRODUCT HAD MORE MYSTERIOUS BEGINNINGS

ON THE TROPICAL ISLANDS \h\h\h\h\h\hOF HAWAII.

THESE ARE THE DOLE PINEAPPLE \h\h\hPLANTATIONS ON OAHU--

\h\h\hAND ONE OF HAWAII’S MAIN SOURCES OF REVENUE.

BUT NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW THE PINEAPPLE ENDED UP HERE.

\h\hWHAT HISTORIANS DO KNOW IS THAT A SPANISH ADVENTURER

\h\h\hSUCCESSFULLY STARTED RAISING THEM IN THE 1800s.

THEN, AT THE TURN \hOF THE CENTURY,

\h\h\h\h\h\hA HARVARD GRAD NAMED JAMES DRUMMOND DOLE

CAME TO OAHU AND THOUGHT THE FRUIT MIGHT HAVE POTENTIAL.

PUTTING HIS BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL DEGREES TO USE,

DOLE BOUGHT SOME LAND

AND STARTED USING THE RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED CANNING.

AFTER SOME PERSISTENT MARKETING,

\hTHE PINEAPPLE BECAME A SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP

AND A STAPLE IN MANY KITCHENS.

THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, \h\hCALIFORNIA WINEMAKERS

\h\h\hARE BUSY PRODUCING MADE-IN-THE-U.S.A. REDS.

VINEYARDS IN PASO ROBLES

\h\h\hHAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 18th CENTURY,

\hWHEN FRANCISCAN FRIARS STARTED MAKING WINE HERE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1870s, COMMERCIAL WINEMAKING BEGAN

WITH AN INDIANA RANCHER \h\hNAMED ANDREW YORK.

HE HAD A SURPLUS OF GRAPES,

\h\h\h\hSO HE STARTED THE ASCENSION WINERY,

WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME \h\h\hTHE YORK WINERY--

AMONG THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTRY.

PASO ROBLES IS NOW HOME \hTO DOZENS OF WINERIES

THAT PRODUCE THE REGION’S \h\h\hSIGNATURE BIG REDS,

INCLUDING CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, SYRAH, AND ZINFANDEL.

\h\h\hIN THE 1870s, MANY MEN WENT WEST IN SEARCH OF GOLD.

BUT ONE MAN DREAMT OF MAKING A FORTUNE ON SOMETHING ELSE:

BEER.

GERMAN-BORN ADOLPH COORS

HIKED THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS \h\h\h\hOF GOLDEN, COLORADO,

LOOKING FOR HIS KEY INGREDIENT-- SPARKLING CLEAN WATER.

COORS AND A PARTNER CONVERTED AN OLD TANNERY INTO A BREWERY,

THEN SHIPPED THEIR BEER \h\hTO THIRSTY MINERS.

WHEN PROHIBITION HIT, \hCOORS STAYED AFLOAT

BY MANUFACTURING CEMENT \h\hAND OTHER PRODUCTS.

AND WHEN PROHIBITION ENDED, \h\h\h\h\hHIS BEER ENDURED.

IN THE ’50s, COORS UNVEILED THE ALL-ALUMINUM BEER CAN--

WHICH QUICKLY MADE STEEL ONES \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOBSOLETE.

AND IT’S RUMORED THAT COORS

\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS A FAVORITE OF PRESIDENT GERALD FORD,

WHO APPARENTLY BROUGHT IT \h\hABOARD AIR FORCE ONE.

\h\hFOUR DECADES LATER, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

WOULD REACH FOR A DIFFERENT \hAMERICAN BEER--YUENGLING.

BEFORE COORS, GERMAN IMMIGRANT \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDAVID YUENGLING

\h\hSTARTED MAKING HIS BEER IN POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

\h\hHERE, THE WATER WAS SOFT AND CLEAN.

THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF BEER-DRINKING GERMAN IMMIGRANTS,

AND THE NEARBY RAILROAD \h\hMADE SHIPPING EASY.

YUENGLING DID WELL LOCALLY \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR YEARS--

\h\h\h\h\hTHEN, IN THE ’80s, IT GAINED STEAM NATIONALLY.

THAT’S WHEN YUENGLING’S \h\h\h\hGREAT GRANDSON

\h\hSOLVED THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE BEER’S NAME--

\hBY REINTRODUCING AN OLD BREW AND CALLING IT SIMPLY "LAGER."

TODAY, YUENGLING IS THE OLDEST \h\h\h\hOPERATING BEER COMPANY

IN AMERICA.

ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY \hFROM THE BREWERY

IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURERS IN NORTH AMERICA--

HERSHEY CHOCOLATE COMPANY IN HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

\hFOUNDER MILTON HERSHEY GREW UP ON A NEARBY FARM,

WHERE HIS FATHER TOOK ON

ONE FAILED VENTURE \h\hAFTER ANOTHER.

AFTER HIS DAD LEFT,

HERSHEY’S MOTHER TAUGHT HIM \h\h\h\hA STRONG WORK ETHIC,

\h\h\h\h\hWHICH SAW MILTON THROUGH YEARS OF FAILURE--

UNTIL HE MADE A FORTUNE \h\h\h\h\h\hON CARAMEL.

IN 1893, HE WAS FASCINATED \h\h\h\hBY CHOCOLATE-MAKING

AT THE CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR.

AT THE TIME, MILK CHOCOLATE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS A DELICACY

PRODUCED MOSTLY BY THE SWISS.

IN 1905, HERSHEY OPENED UP \hA FACTORY IN HIS HOMETOWN

AND STARTED BRINGING CHOCOLATE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE MASSES.

\h\h\h\h\hHE ALSO GAVE BACK, STARTING THE HERSHEY SCHOOL

TO GIVE DISADVANTAGED KIDS \h\h\h\h\hA GOOD EDUCATION.

ANOTHER PENNSYLVANIA \h\h\h\hENTREPRENEUR

MADE IT BIG WITH KETCHUP.

PITTSBURGH NATIVE \hHENRY JOHN HEINZ

STARTED OUT SELLING HORSERADISH,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH DID WELL UNTIL THE ECONOMY COLLAPSED.

AFTER BEING BROKE \hFOR A FEW YEARS,

HEINZ BORROWED MONEY \h\hFROM HIS BROTHER

AND STARTED BOTTLING KETCHUP \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1876.

ONE COMPONENT OF HIS SUCCESS: \h\h\h\hA CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE.

CONSUMERS LIKED TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE BUYING.

\h\h\hBY 1900, HEINZ WAS THE LEADING MANUFACTURER

OF KETCHUP AND OTHER CONDIMENTS.

A MICHIGAN BUSINESSMAN CHANGED \h\hTHE U.S.A. FOREVER IN 1908

\hWHEN HE DEBUTED THE MODEL T FORD.

HENRY FORD DIDN’T INVENT \h\h\h\h\hTHE AUTOMOBILE,

BUT HE DID MAKE IT AFFORDABLE

BY DRASTICALLY CUTTING \h\h\h\hASSEMBLY COSTS.

EARLY CARS WERE HANDCRAFTED \hBY SPECIALIZED WORKERS--

A LONG, SLOW PROCESS.

WITH AN ASSEMBLY LINE,

FORD MANAGED TO DRAMATICALLY CUT THE MODEL T’S PRODUCTION TIME.

ONCE THE AUTOMOBILES \h\hSTARTED SELLING,

\h\hFORD PUT THE MONEY BACK INTO HIS BUSINESS,

LOWERING THE CAR’S PRICE FROM $825 TO $575 IN JUST FOUR YEARS.

BY 1914, NEARLY HALF THE CARS \h\h\h\h\h\hON AMERICAN ROADS

WERE MODEL Ts...

AND WITH THOSE PROFITS, FORD BOUGHT 1,300 ACRES

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE BANKS OF THE NEARBY ROGUE RIVER,

\h\h\h\hWHERE HE BUILT THE FAIR LANE ESTATE.

\h\hFORD WAS PROUD OF HIS MODEST ROOTS

AND TOLD BUILDERS NOT TO SPEND \h\h\h\h\hMORE THAN $250,000.

BUT AFTER TWO YEARS \h\h\hAND 56 ROOMS,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE TOTAL BILL WAS NEARLY $2.5 MILLION.

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE HOME FEATURED A HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION,

\hBUILT WITH DESIGN HELP FROM FORD’S FRIEND, THOMAS EDISON.

TWO GENERATORS ON THE RIVER \h\h\h\h\hPOWERED THE ESTATE

ALONG WITH 2,000 OTHER \h\h\h\h\hNEARBY HOMES.

FORD PAID TRIBUTE TO EDISON AND OTHER AMERICAN INVENTORS

AT A ONE-OF-A-KIND SITE--

GREENFIELD VILLAGE IN DEARBORN.

THIS IS WHERE FORD TRANSPORTED

AND RECREATED DOZENS OF NOTABLE HOMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAMONG THEM: EDISON’S INVENTION FACTORY,

\h\h\h\h\hPART OF WHICH CAME FROM MENLO PARK, NEW JERSEY.

\h\hTHE VILLAGE ALSO FEATURES THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ WORKSHOP

\h\hAND A COURTHOUSE WHERE ABE LINCOLN PRACTICED LAW.

\h\h\h\hFORD AND EDISON HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON...

THEIR VISITS TO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SANITARIUM

IN BATTLE CREEK--

HEALTH SPA TO THE RICH \h\h\h\h\h\hAND FAMOUS.

IN 1876, A SURGEON AND INVENTOR NAMED DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG

TOOK OVER THE SITE--

INSISTING PATIENTS \hFOLLOW A REGIMEN

OF VEGETARIANISM, COLONICS, \h\h\h\hAND DAILY EXERCISE.

\h\hDR. HARVEY AND HIS BROTHER, WILL,

WERE ALWAYS RESEARCHING HEALTHIER FOOD OPTIONS.

ONE DAY, WHILE TRYING TO MAKE \h\h\h\h\hA BREAD SUBSTITUTE,

WILL LEFT OUT BOILED WHEAT \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTOO LONG.

HE ROLLED AND BAKED IT ANYWAY--

ACCIDENTALLY INVENTING

WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCORN FLAKES.

SANITARIUM PATIENTS LOVED IT,

EVEN ASKING TO HAVE THE CEREAL \h\h\hSHIPPED TO THEIR HOMES.

WILL WENT ON TO FOUND \hTHE KELLOGG COMPANY,

CREATING A PERMANENT RIFT \h\hBETWEEN THE BROTHERS.

\h\hBY 1906, KELLOGG’S WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME.

MORE THAN FIVE DECADES LATER, MICHIGAN PRODUCED SOMETHING ELSE

THAT WOULD TAKE THE U.S.A. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY STORM--

THE MOTOWN SOUND.

\h\h\hIN 1959, AT THE URGING OF HIS FRIEND SMOKY ROBINSON,

A SONGWRITER NAMED BERRY GORDY \h\h\h\hFOUNDED MOTOWN RECORDS

IN THIS MODEST DETROIT HOUSE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE YEAR LATER, THE COMPANY HAD ITS FIRST HIT

WITH "SHOP AROUND,"

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED \h\h\h\h\hBY ROBINSON

AND HIS BAND, THE MIRACLES.

GORDY, A FORMER AUTO WORKER, \hKNEW FROM THE CAR BUSINESS

THAT TO KEEP CONSUMERS HAPPY, \h\h\hHE HAD TO PRODUCE FAST.

AND, FOR THE NEXT DECADE, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE DID

\h\h\h\h\hWITH TALENT LIKE THE TEMPTATIONS,

THE FOUR TOPS, THE SUPREMES \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND MANY MORE.

\h\hTHE HIT FACTORY THRIVED THROUGH THE ’60s UNTIL 1972,

WHEN GORDY SET UP SHOP \h\h\h\h\hIN HOLLYWOOD.

IN 1988, HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

\h\hBUT THE MOTOWN SOUND MIGHT NEVER HAVE EXISTED

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, AND THE BLUES.

\hTHE MUSIC HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA,

\h\h\hAT JUKE JOINTS WHERE AFRICAN AMERICANS GATHERED

IN THE EARLY 1900s TO DANCE, DRINK, AND LISTEN TO MUSIC.

BLUES IS SAID TO HAVE STARTED \hSOUTH OF HERE, IN TUTWILER.

A BANDLEADER NAMED W.C. HANDY

HEARD A FELLOW TRAVELER PLAYING WHAT HANDY CALLED

"THE WEIRDEST MUSIC \hHE’D EVER HEARD."

\h\hNINE YEARS LATER, HANDY PUBLISHED "MEMPHIS BLUES"--

THE FIRST SONG WITH "BLUES" \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN ITS TITLE.

\h\h\h\hCLARKSDALE IS HOME TO THE DELTA BLUES MUSEUM

HOUSED IN AN OLD FREIGHT DEPOT.

IT ALSO CELEBRATES MUSICIANS WITH CLOSE TIES TO THE TOWN,

\hINCLUDING CHARLIE PATTON, SON HOUSE, ROBERT JOHNSON,

AND MUDDY WATERS.

IT’S SAID MUDDY BOARDED \h\h\hA BUS RIGHT HERE,

JOINING SIX MILLION \hBLACK SOUTHERNERS

IN THE GREAT MIGRATION NORTH.

"I’M GOING TO PACK MY SUITCASE," HE SANG, "AND MAKE MY GETAWAY."

THE EXPOSURE MUDDY WATERS’ MUSIC FOUND IN CHICAGO

LAUNCHED THE DELTA BLUES \h\hINTO THE MAINSTREAM,

CHANGING MUSIC FOREVER.

ANOTHER SOUTHERNER CAME UP \h\h\h\hWITH SOMETHING HOT

IN THE BAYOUS OF LOUISIANA.

\h\h\h\h\hIN THE MID-1800s, A MAN NAMED EDMUND McILHENNY

MOVED TO AVERY ISLAND AFTER MARRYING INTO THE AVERY FAMILY.

\h\h\h\hTHEIR MAIN STAPLES WERE SALT AND SUGAR CANE--

BUT EDMUND GREW TABASCO PLANTS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS A HOBBY.

WHEN THE CIVIL WAR STARTED, \h\h\h\h\h\hTHE FAMILY FLED.

\hTHEY RETURNED TO FIND THE SALT MINES FLOODED

AND THE SUGAR CANE BURNED.

BUT THE RED PEPPER PLANTS \h\h\h\hWERE FLOURISHING.

EDMUND, A TALENTED COOK,

ALLOWED THE PEPPERS TO AGE AND FERMENT

SO HE COULD MAKE A SPICY SAUCE.

IN 1868, HE SENT SAMPLES IN SMALL COLOGNE BOTTLES

TO FOOD DISTRIBUTORS-- AND CALLED IT TABASCO.

THESE DAYS MOST OF TABASCO’S \hPEPPERS COME FROM MEXICO,

BUT EVERY BOTTLE IS STILL FILLED AT THIS FACTORY ON AVERY ISLAND.

FROM ALABAMA TO TEXAS \hARE FIELDS OF WHITE.

THESE ARE COTTON PLANTS,

A MAJOR SOURCE OF INCOME \h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE SOUTH

SINCE SLAVES PAINSTAKINGLY \hPICKED IT IN THE 1700s.

THEN, AN INVENTOR NAMED ELI WHITNEY

CAME SOUTH AS A TUTOR--

AND SAW HOW HARD IT WAS

TO SEPARATE THE SEEDS \h\h\hFROM THE COTTON.

HE CREATED A COTTON GIN THAT, \h\hUNLIKE ITS PREDECESSORS,

\h\h\h\h\hCOULD HANDLE THE SHORT STAPLE COTTON

COMMONLY GROWN IN THE SOUTH.

BUT BEFORE WHITNEY COULD PROFIT FROM THE INVENTION,

OTHERS ILLEGALLY COPIED IT.

\h\hHE LEFT THE SOUTH BROKE AND FRUSTRATED.

\hWHITNEY WENT NORTH TO PURSUE ANOTHER IDEA--MASS PRODUCTION.

HE STARTED MAKING GUNS \h\hWITH SOMETHING NEW:

\h\h\h\h\hMACHINE-MADE, INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS.

HIS MODEL WENT ON TO HELP SPUR \h\hTHE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

OTHER FARMLAND IN ALABAMA

PRODUCED SOMETHING \h\hFAR DIFFERENT--

ONE OF THE FASTEST RACE TRACKS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AMERICA--

THE TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY.

IT OPENED IN 1969, THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE NASCAR CIRCUIT,

\h\h\h\h\h\hONE OF THE BIGGEST SPECTATOR SPORTS IN THE WORLD.

THE FIRST ORGANIZED NASCAR RACE WAS IN DAYTONA BEACH IN 1948--

ON THE ACTUAL BEACH.

OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES, STOCK CAR RACING WOULD EXPLODE,

\h\h\h\h\hHITTING THE AIRWAVES THE SAME YEAR TALLADEGA OPENED

AND PRODUCING STARS LIKE PETE HAMILTON

AND DAVID PEARSON.

IN THE ’80s AND ’90s, THE TRACK WAS DOMINATED BY DALE EARNHARDT

\h\h\h\h\h\hBEFORE HIS DEATH DURING A 2001 DAYTONA RACE.

THE ACCIDENT LED TO RIGOROUS NEW SAFETY MEASURES

IN THE SPORT.

\hNEARLY 600 MILES FROM THE SPEEDWAY

IS A PLACE THAT COULDN’T BE \h\h\h\h\h\hMORE DIFFERENT--

\h\h\h\hTHE VERY PEACEFUL TOWN OF GREEN BANK, WEST VIRGINIA--

HOME TO THE GREEN BANK \h\h\hRADIO TELESCOPE,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE WORLD’S BIGGEST LAND-BASED MOVABLE STRUCTURE.

\hRADIO ASTRONOMERS USE IT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUTER SPACE--

BUT THEY NEED THINGS \hTO BE VERY QUIET.

THAT’S PART OF THE REASON \h\hTHEY CHOSE THIS TOWN:

THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS PROTECT IT FROM MUCH MANMADE NOISE.

ON TOP OF THAT, RESIDENTS \hCAN’T USE CELL PHONES,

\h\h\hDIGITAL CAMERAS OR WI-FI CONNECTIONS

BECAUSE THE SIGNALS \h\hWOULD INTERFERE

WITH THE ASTRONOMERS’ WORK.

IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE

\h\h\h\h\hIS WHAT SOME CALL A WORK OF STRUCTURAL ART--

THE NEW RIVER GORGE BRIDGE,

\hTHE LONGEST SINGLE-ARCH STEEL BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.

BEFORE IT WAS BUILT, DRIVERS HAD TO TAKE

A 40-MILE TRIP AROUND THE GORGE.

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION \h\hBEGAN IN 1974,

WITH ENGINEERS STRINGING CABLES BETWEEN TOWERS ON EITHER SIDE.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE CHALLENGE OF A SINGLE-ARCH DESIGN

IS THAT THE WEIGHT \hOF THE STRUCTURE

PUSHES OUTWARD FROM THE ARCH,

THREATENING TO MAKE \h\hTHE BRIDGE SAG.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THE MOUNTAIN \hPROVIDES ROCK SOLID SUPPORT.

SOME OF THE GREATEST ARCHITECTURE MADE IN THE U.S.A.

\h\h\h\hCAME FROM THE MAN BEHIND THIS MASTERPIECE--

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.

WRIGHT AND HIS STUDENTS STARTED COMING TO ARIZONA IN 1933

TO ESCAPE THE BITTER WINTERS

IN WRIGHT’S HOME STATE \h\h\h\h\hOF WISCONSIN.

IN 1937 HE PURCHASED THIS LAND \h\h\h\h\h\hOUTSIDE SCOTTSDALE

TO BUILD A PERMANENT \h\h\hWINTER RETREAT

AND SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.

\h\hWRIGHT’S WORK FOCUSED ON ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE.

TALIESIN’S BUILDINGS ARE LOW, \hTUCKED INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

WRIGHT AND HIS STUDENTS WOULD \hCOME BACK TO TALIESIN WEST

EVERY WINTER UNTIL HIS DEATH \hIN 1959 AT THE AGE OF 91.

\hARIZONA IS ALSO HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE STRUCTURES

EVER MADE IN THE U.S.A.

THIS IS BIOSPHERE TWO IN THE TOWN OF ORACLE, OUTSIDE TUCSON.

IN 1991, SCIENTISTS SEALED EIGHT PEOPLE INSIDE IT FOR TWO YEARS

TO SEE IF HUMANS MIGHT BE ABLE \hTO COLONIZE ANOTHER PLANET.

INSIDE, THEY HAD A WORKING FARM

ALONG WITH REPLICAS OF AN OCEAN, SAVANNAH, AND RAINFOREST.

SCIENTISTS LEARNED \h\hA GREAT DEAL--

\h\h\hBUT THAT WAS LARGELY OVERSHADOWED BY INFIGHTING

\h\h\hBETWEEN BIOSPHERIANS AND SOME OF THEIR BOSSES.

\hBIOSPHERE TWO IS NOW OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,

\h\h\hWHICH USES IT TO STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECOLOGY,

AMONG OTHER THINGS.

ELSEWHERE IN ARIZONA, \h\hANOTHER VISIONARY

\hHAS DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE FUTURE SHOULD LOOK.

70 MILES NORTH OF PHOENIX IS THE COMMUNITY OF ARCOSANTI--

THE WORK OF ITALIAN ARCHITECT \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPAOLO SOLERI.

\h\h\hIN 1970, LONG BEFORE "GOING GREEN" WAS POPULAR,

HE STARTED CONSTRUCTING \h\h"ARCOLOGIES" HERE--

\h\h\hBUILDINGS THAT BLEND ECOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE.

SOLERI WANTED TO INTRODUCE

\h\h\h\h\h\hA NEW KIND OF CARLESS CITY LIVING

THAT COULD ALSO SAVE THE PLANET.

HIS URBAN EXPERIMENT

ALSO INCORPORATED GREEN EFFORTS LIKE SOLAR POWER.

OVER THE DECADES, PEOPLE HAVE \hCOME FROM AROUND THE WORLD

TO LIVE AND WORK AT ARCOSANTI,

BUT THE TOTAL POPULATION \h\h\h\hNEVER APPROACHED

\h\hTHE 5,000 MARK SOLERI ENVISIONED.

FROM FORWARD-THINKING ARCHITECTS IN THE SOUTHWEST...

TO RESOURCEFUL TOWNSPEOPLE \h\h\h\h\hIN THE MIDWEST...

WHAT’S MADE IN THE U.S.A.

HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY \h\h\hOVER THE DECADES.

IN THE EARLY 1900s,

AMERICANS WERE JUST BEGINNING \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TAKE FLIGHT.

WITHIN 70 YEARS, SOME WERE \hLANDING SPACE SHUTTLES.

\hTHIS IS A COUNTRY THAT WENT FROM DRIVING THE AUTO INDUSTRY

TO POWERING THE INTERNET.

AND FROM SINGING THE BLUES...

TO THAT GROUNDBREAKING \h\h\h\h\hMOTOWN SOUND.

REGARDLESS OF HOW THE TECHNOLOGY OR LANDSCAPE MAY CHANGE,

ONE THING WILL REMAIN THE SAME--

AMERICA WILL CONTINUE \hTO REINVENT ITSELF.