As the saying goes – they probably seemed like good ideas at the time. The world is peppered with examples of incredible engineering projects and buildings designed to make life easier for those that used them, amaze those that came to see them, and make money for those that ordered, designed and built them. They were the stuff of dreams. Often enormous engineering problems had to be resolved, obstacles overcome and new innovations employed just to get them built in the first place. Alas, a great number of these remarkable structures have now been abandoned, cast aside like enormous expensive out-of-date toys, never to be used in the ways for which they were intended. Each and every one of these extraordinary places is home to a wealth of powerful and compelling stories. We'll see and hear about some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has eve...
The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, the stage for civil rights revolution, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic. In these decaying structures are the echoes of history; each haunted shell with its own unique story.
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s08e02Paradise Lost2021-08-0619:00⌄
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Paradise Lost
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2021-08-06 ·
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A ghost town left high and dry in the mountains of Colorado, a marooned facility in the waters off England's south coast, the remnants of a sprawling industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico where locals struggled under colonial rule, and a remote village on the island of Cyprus that couldn't escape the clutches of war.
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s08e03A Royal Deception2021-08-1319:00⌄
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A Royal Deception
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2021-08-13 ·
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Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.
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s08e04Mafia Seaside Resort2021-08-2019:00⌄
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Mafia Seaside Resort
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2021-08-20 ·
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Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.
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s08e05The Giant Speaker2021-08-2719:00⌄
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The Giant Speaker
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2021-08-27 ·
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Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.
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s08e06Cathedral of Sewage2021-09-0319:00⌄
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Cathedral of Sewage
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2021-09-03 ·
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An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.
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s08e07The Secret Bunker2021-09-1019:00⌄
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The Secret Bunker
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2021-09-10 ·
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A desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, a top-secret Nazi project doomed from the start, and a floating prison rotting in Sydney Harbour.
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s08e08The Battle of San Pietro2021-09-1719:00⌄
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The Battle of San Pietro
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2021-09-17 ·
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Exploring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.
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s08e09Divine Intervention2021-09-2419:00⌄
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Divine Intervention
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2021-09-24 ·
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Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.
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s08e10Shadow of the Wars2021-10-0119:00⌄
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Shadow of the Wars
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2021-10-01 ·
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A dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA that once served in WWII; a dark past unearthed from a fairy-tale castle in Poland; Anglo-Saxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland; and a forgotten village that witnessed the rise and fall of Jerusalem.
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s08e11Death In Paradise2021-10-0819:00⌄
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Death In Paradise
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2021-10-08 ·
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Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.
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s08e12Before The Crown2021-10-1519:00⌄
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Before The Crown
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2021-10-15 ·
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This episode travels to Chile, the Maltese capital Valleta, Havana and Germany, to reveal: honeymoon home of a young princess that offered her a glimpse of freedom; grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the twentieth century; a sprawling industrial complex?the site of a ruthless disappearance; and?the artistic dream of?a revolutionary now in?ruins.
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