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s13e12 · 2026-03-26 · 03:00
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Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects now lie in ruins. These deserted places are home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets, and we revisit them to understand how they were built, and why they were abandoned.They were once some of the most advanced structures and facilities on the planet, standing at the cutting-edge of design and construction. Today they are abandoned, dangerous, some of them even deadly. From uninhabited cities to empty factories, these long-forgotten engineering marvels are scattered around the globe. Science Channel uncovers why some of the world's most advanced architectural achievements were eventually left behind in the all-new series Mysteries of the Abandoned.Each of the six, hour-long episodes of Mysteries of the Abandoned features stories behind engineering wonders, why they were built, and the reasons they were eventually left to crumble. Each story recalls the people who originally designed the structure, their historical significance, and why they were ultimately no longer of use. The premiere episode explores California's Goat Canyon Trestle railway, known as the 'Impossible Railroad,' that required the biggest wooden trestle bridge in the world; Ukraine's Duga, the notorious anti-ballistic missile radar, known as the 'Russian Woodpecker,' that still stands in within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone; and the Grand Goulets Road in the French Alps, an astonishingly narrow and perilous mountain passageway.
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11 this season · 142 totals07e01 Into the Murder Labyrinth 2020-12-04 02:00
Into the Murder Labyrinth
An underground labyrinth once used by a secret police force could warp the mind and turn friend into foe; experts turn up new evidence pointing to madness, murder, and mayhem, revealing what happened in these cursed tunnels and why it was abandoned.
s07e02 American Ghost Park 2020-12-11 02:00
American Ghost Park
Deep in the wilderness of the American south, a long-abandoned amusement park is home to secrets of a forgotten, imaginary world. When experts investigate, they reveal why this bizarre place was built and what caused its downfall.
s07e03 Secrets of Mafia Island 2020-12-18 02:00
Secrets of Mafia Island
A Mediterranean island paradise is not all that it seems; its complex of abandoned buildings were once prisons for the world's most dangerous Mafiosi; experts investigate new evidence to reveal who was imprisoned here and the secrets they left behind.
s07e04 The World's Greatest Icons 2021-01-08 02:00
The World's Greatest Icons
Places that were once home to or inspired Hollywood films, world-famous musicians, a sports legion, and war heroes are now run-down, abandoned, and forbidden; experts investigate their mysteries and reveal the astonishing secrets behind ten of the world's most iconic abandoned places.
s07e05 Factory of Death 2021-01-15 02:00
Factory of Death
A deserted facility in the remote countryside features mysterious graffiti that may be highly advanced mathematical equations pointing to a dark secret; experts investigate this classified military wasteland with a deadly past.
s07e06 Ghosts of Black Mountain 2021-01-22 02:00
Ghosts of Black Mountain
Ghostly remnants of a beautifully constructed town in the remote backwoods of Kentucky suggests a forgotten tale of utter catastrophe and devastation; experts investigate and uncover the dark and oppressive history of a deadly industrial mining complex.
s07e07 The Doom of El Dorado 2021-01-29 02:00
The Doom of El Dorado
The haunting remnants of a settlement in the Nevada desert lie scattered with decaying machinery and remain trapped in a bizarre time-warp; experts uncover a forgotten mine where dreams of discovering a fortune were met with chaos and murder. A abandoned fortress on the cliffs of Malta that appears to be a prison at first glance mark the abandoned Fort Delimara. A abandoned facility that had the worlds tallest structure at the time of construction in Poland. A abandoned fortress that guarded the entrance to the Firth Of Fourth in Scotland during world war 1 and 2 is explored.
s07e08 Ruins of the Rust Belt 2021-02-05 02:00
Ruins of the Rust Belt
A complex of tall, windowless buildings in the American Rust Belt holds the secrets to a lost empire of industry and wealth; experts investigate these mysterious structures to reveal why this once powerful metropolis is now home to abandoned ruins.
s07e09 Fortress of the Spy 2021-02-12 02:00
Fortress of the Spy
A battle-scarred ruin in the Middle East is evidence of espionage that resulted in tremendous violence on a vast scale; experts expose the truth behind the strange building that holds the secrets of one of the world's most infamous deceptions.
s07e10 Mystery of the Alien Base 2021-02-19 02:00
Mystery of the Alien Base
Abandoned hangers and bunkers populate a bizarre facility in the middle of nowhere, but among them are other structures whose purpose are oddly obscured; experts investigate a highly-classified military cover-up with extraterrestrial objectives.
s07e11 Ghosts of the Cursed Castle 2021-02-26 02:00
Ghosts of the Cursed Castle
The ruins of a historic Scottish castle are now a bewitching wilderness of hidden dangers with deadly booby traps obscured afoot; experts and historians reveal a bygone Second World War military hospital with bizarre ties to an infamous Nazi occupant.