Historian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates the creative force of architecture as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and monuments. Dan explores buildings shaped and threatened by disaster. He risks his life to visit the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, a monument to peace and tolerance in the midst of a war zone. San Francisco is preparing for a cataclysmic earthquake - what role can architecture play in saving lives? And Dan reveals the tragic tale of Palmyra in Syria.

丹访问阿富汗的果酱尖塔，观察在德累斯顿的重建项目，重建项目能经受住旧金山大地震的破坏。他还揭示了叙利亚古城帕尔米拉和罗马帝国毁灭的故事