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Abandoned Engineering
"Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins."
Overview
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Status
Returning Series
Network
U&Yesterday
Seasons & Episodes
Season 14
Episodes
Murder on the Reservation
Exploring an Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film.
Slam Dunkin' in the USSR
Exploring a derelict stadium in Lithuania that hosted an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England.
Nightmare in El Paso
Exploring a crumbling hospital complex in Germany that became the site of unspeakable atrocities and a sprawling Texan farmstead with a hellish reputation.
Border Wars
Exploring two ornate buildings in Texas that were once at the heart of the Mexican Revolution and a top-secret facility outside Berlin, used by a ruthless dictator to escape justice.
Napoleon's Mistress
Exploring a palatial ruin in Philadelphia built from the riches of an industrial golden age and a country palace in Poland, the scene of a honey-trap devised to ensnare Napoleon.
Hell's Waiting Room
Exploring a concentration camp in the Czech Republic used for a publicity stunt to fool the world and a stark facility that once housed Oscar Wilde.
Apocalypse Airbase
Exploring a nuclear-armed facility in Arkansas that served as America's last line of defence in the Cold War and an industrial relic in Wales that felt a young Winston Churchill's wrath.
Mafia Wars
Exploring derelict villas in Sicily that reveal the island's complicated history with the Mafia and an aristocratic mansion in Ireland embroiled in a bizarre terrorist plot.
Top Cast
Tom Ward
Self - Narrator
