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 Alas, a great number of these remarkable structures have now been abandoned, cast aside like enormous expensive out-of-date toys, never to be used in the ways for which they were intended.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...
Exploring a once lavish palace in Iraq, the Sathorn Unique, an epic ghost tower in Thailand, and a former sports stadium in Georgia, USA.
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s09e02Jungle Fantasy Land2022-03-2819:00⌄
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2022-03-28 ·
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Exploring the remains of a pioneering industry town in Ohio, a once beautiful Croatian resort bombarded by enemy fire, and an otherworldly garden of Eden in Mexico.
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s09e03The Beached Leviathan2022-04-0419:00⌄
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2022-04-04 ·
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The graffitied remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA with a controversial and unexpected past, forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion on the Western border of Argentina and a mysterious ancient complex built by a devoted Khmer King in the jungles of Cambodia.
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s09e04Tunnel of Terrors2022-04-1119:00⌄
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2022-04-11 ·
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Exploring a military strong-hold in the Philippines, a facility that spawned an American sporting great, and an English relic that hosted a cinematic sensation.
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s09e05Apocalyptic Skyscraper2022-04-1819:00⌄
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2022-04-18 ·
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Exploring a ruined castle above a German village, a rural town in Idaho, a futuristic skyscraper in Johannesburg and a fantasy world outside of Buenos Aires.
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s09e06Ruins of Empire2022-04-2519:00⌄
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2022-04-25 ·
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Exploring a British fort that became a bizzare zoo, a brutalist school for Communist top brass and a lost world hides secrets of a vanished people.
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s09e07Trouble in Paradise2022-05-0219:00⌄
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2022-05-02 ·
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Exploring a luxury resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.
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s09e08Experiments of War2022-05-0919:00⌄
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Experiments of War
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2022-05-09 ·
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Exploring a crumbling dam hidden in the Welsh valleys, a quaint outpost on a paradise island, and a mastery of ancient engineering that brought life to the planes of Mexico.
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s09e09Ancient Encounter2022-05-1619:00⌄
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2022-05-16 ·
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Exploring a picturesque French castle, the ruins of a Kansas City hospital, an ancient Turkish city, and an island in Ireland that brought its inhabitants closer to God.
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s09e10Alien Contact2022-05-2319:00⌄
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Alien Contact
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2022-05-23 ·
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Exploring a complex in Georgia pointing into deep space that almost discovered a signal from aliens.
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s09e11Treasures to Die For2022-05-3019:00⌄
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2022-05-30 ·
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Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland [pictured], the ruins of an iconic ancient city in Iraq, a scandal hit town in New Mexico, and a German factory that changed the face of the Western home.
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s09e12Niagara's Hidden Marvel2022-06-0619:00⌄
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Niagara's Hidden Marvel
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2022-06-06 ·
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Hidden behind the mighty Niagara Falls an extensive labyrinth containing an engineering marvel, plus the ruins of a once lavish Romanian destination caught in a web of corruption, and on the banks of the Uruguay River, a fallen cathedral from a golden age of industry.
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