Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.

Describes the building of the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and tells how it was used.

Relates the history of how the Panama Canal was planned and built, including the political, international, and health aspects of getting the project finished on time.

The Statue of Liberty pays homage to what is best about America, but it was the idea of two Frenchmen who lived under the harsh rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Edouard Laboulaye and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi wanted to remind their countrymen that tyranny is not inevitable, that citizens have rights which no government can take from them. It took two decades of planning, fundraising, and building for their dreams to cross the ocean And now the statue...

On a small Caribbean Island, Albert must face middle school, where he is one of the shortest students, without his best friend who just moved away, but he is able to move past the teasing after getting involved in a troupe of Mocko Jumbies--Stiltwalkers--following a tradition brought by African slaves.