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.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Silent Cities | 2017-02-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Mission: Space | 2017-02-25 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Lost Bridges | 2017-03-04 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Ghost Ships | 2017-03-11 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Quest for Power | 2017-03-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Roads to Nowhere | 2017-04-06 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Hitler's Army Powerhouse | 2018-05-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Britain's Sea Fort Complex | 2018-05-15 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Italian Dam Disaster | 2018-05-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Battle of Britain Technology Facility | 2018-05-29 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Abandoned Nazi Railway | 2018-06-05 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | America's Jungle City | 2018-06-12 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Germany's Lost Warship | 2018-06-19 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Lost Highway in the Rainforest | 2018-06-26 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Desert Ghost Fleet | 2019-03-26 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Underwater Prison | 2019-04-02 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Nightmare on Blood Mountain | 2019-04-09 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Sabotage in the Mountains | 2019-04-16 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Germany's D-Day Fortress | 2019-04-23 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Hitler's Wonder Weapons Bunker | 2019-04-30 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | A Ghost Town in Spain | 2019-05-07 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | England's Abandoned Village | 2019-05-14 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | The World's Strangest Ghost Town | 2019-06-27 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Palace of Death | 2019-07-04 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Guernsey Nazi Towers | 2019-07-11 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Bodie USA | 2019-07-18 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Tunnel to the Underworld | 2019-07-25 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Escobar's Ruin | 2019-08-01 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Villa De Vecchi Rhodes | 2019-10-24 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Pyramiden Norway | 2019-10-31 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Behind the Berlin Wall | 2019-11-07 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Bannack USA | 2019-11-14 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | Buckner Building Alaska | 2019-11-21 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | 1936 Olympic Village Berlin | 2019-11-28 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | Disaster in the Desert | 2020-01-21 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | The Valkyrie Assassin | 2020-01-28 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | Escape from Devil's Island | 2020-02-04 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Top Secret Nuclear Arsenal | 2020-02-11 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | A Nation Torn Apart | 2020-02-18 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | Ghosts of the Swamp | 2020-02-25 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | Death Behind Bars | 2020-03-03 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | Behind Enemy Lines | 2020-03-10 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | The Lost Pirate City | 2020-07-09 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | Forbidden Island | 2020-07-16 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | Blast Zone | 2020-07-23 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | North of the Wall | 2020-07-30 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | The World's Strangest Disaster Zones | 2020-08-06 | 120 min |
Season 6 | Episode 6 | Defenders of Liberty | 2020-11-03 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 7 | Space Plane | 2020-11-10 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 8 | Disaster On The 38th Parallel | 2020-11-17 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 9 | Bunker Nation | 2020-11-24 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 10 | The Human Zoo | 2020-12-01 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 11 | Spike Island | 2020-12-08 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 1 | Hollywood Heroes | 2021-01-13 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 2 | Stalin's Subway | 2021-01-20 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 3 | Disaster at the Maya Hotel | 2021-01-27 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 4 | Murder Underground | 2021-02-03 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 5 | El Dorado Canyon | 2021-02-10 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 6 | The Mafia Bunker | 2021-02-17 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | 2021-02-24 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | 2021-03-03 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | 2021-03-10 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 10 | Catastrophe and Cover Up | 2021-03-17 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 11 | Dead Sea Disaster | 2021-03-24 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 12 | Global Icons | 2021-03-31 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 1 | Heroes & Villains | 2021-07-30 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 2 | Paradise Lost | 2021-08-06 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 3 | A Royal Deception | 2021-08-13 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 4 | Mafia Seaside Resort | 2021-08-20 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 5 | The Giant Speaker | 2021-08-27 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 6 | Cathedral of Sewage | 2021-09-03 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 7 | The Secret Bunker | 2021-09-10 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 8 | The Battle of San Pietro | 2021-09-17 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 9 | Divine Intervention | 2021-09-24 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 10 | Shadow of the Wars | 2021-10-01 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 11 | Death In Paradise | 2021-10-08 | 60 min |
Season 8 | Episode 12 | Before The Crown | 2021-10-15 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 1 | Megalomaniac's Palace | 2022-03-21 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 2 | Jungle Fantasy Land | 2022-03-28 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 3 | The Beached Leviathan | 2022-04-04 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 4 | Tunnel of Terrors | 2022-04-11 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 5 | Apocalyptic Skyscraper | 2022-04-18 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 6 | Ruins of Empire | 2022-04-25 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 7 | Trouble in Paradise | 2022-05-02 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 8 | Experiments of War | 2022-05-09 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 9 | Ancient Encounter | 2022-05-16 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 10 | Alien Contact | 2022-05-23 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 11 | Treasures to Die For | 2022-05-30 | 60 min |
Season 9 | Episode 12 | Niagara's Hidden Marvel | 2022-06-06 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 1 | Raiders & Invaders | 2022-09-05 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 2 | The Rock | 2022-09-12 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 3 | Enemy at the Gates | 2022-09-19 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 4 | Cowboy Mountain | 2022-09-26 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 5 | Drone Wars | 2022-10-03 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 6 | Moonshot | 2022-10-10 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 7 | Rock and Ruin | 2022-10-17 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 8 | Castle of the Occult | 2022-10-24 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 9 | The Green Line | 2022-10-31 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 10 | Blitz Spirit | 2022-11-07 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 11 | An American Exodus | 2022-11-14 | 60 min |
Season 10 | Episode 12 | The Drop | 2022-11-21 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 1 | Rock 'N' Roll Island | 2023-05-15 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 2 | Penthouse Palace | 2023-05-22 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 3 | Castle Kingdom | 2023-05-29 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 4 | Fake News Fortress | 2023-06-05 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 5 | The True Cross | 2023-06-12 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 6 | Wonderland | 2023-06-19 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 7 | Pop Dreamland | 2023-06-26 | 60 min |
Season 11 | Episode 8 | Blues Prison | 2023-07-03 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 1 | Murder in Martinique | 2023-10-23 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 2 | Italian Turf War | 2023-10-30 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 3 | The Montauk Conspiracy | 2023-11-06 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 4 | Propaganda Palace | 2023-11-13 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 5 | The Rediscovery of Archaeopolis | 2023-11-20 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 6 | Hell Island | 2023-11-27 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 7 | Myth & Legend | 2023-12-04 | 60 min |
Season 12 | Episode 8 | Korea's Joan of Arc | 2023-12-11 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 1 | Pirates of the North Sea | 2024-06-10 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 2 | The Ghosts of Skeleton Coast | 2024-06-17 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 3 | The Desert Pirates | 2024-06-24 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 4 | Operation Just Cause | 2024-07-01 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 5 | The Real Schindler's List | 2024-07-08 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 6 | Jailhouse Rebellion | 2024-07-15 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 7 | Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train | 2024-07-22 | 60 min |
Season 13 | Episode 8 | Panama's Nazi Conspiracy | 2024-07-29 | 60 min |