Abandoned Engineering — Season 13
Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Pirates of the North Sea
Aired 10 June 2024 • 43 min
Exploring Opa-Locka City Hall, a strange structure that began as the dream of an American Renaissance man, but soon turned into a nightmare.
2. The Ghosts of Skeleton Coast
Aired 17 June 2024 • 44 min
We explore Namibia's arid Skeleton Coast, where traces of a brutal but once vital industry lie scattered.
3. The Desert Pirates
Aired 24 June 2024 • 44 min
We head to the Tunisian desert to explore a vast chain of ruins that once stood in the way of Allied Victory - until a band of rogue heroes uncovered their weakness.
4. Operation Just Cause
Aired 1 July 2024 • 44 min
We explore Fort Amador, the site of an American invasion in Panama, and a grisly Polish facility that once caged members of a revolutionary movement.
5. The Real Schindler's List
7.0Aired 8 July 2024 • 44 min
We explore Schindler's Ark in the Czech Republic, a secret refuge in Europe's killing fields, and a lost Amazonian paradise deep in the Brazilian rainforest.
6. Jailhouse Rebellion
7.0Aired 15 July 2024 • 44 min
We visit the decaying remains of Old Essex County Jail in New Jersey, a facility that became a powder keg of injustice that was set to explode.
7. Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train
8.0Aired 22 July 2024 • 44 min
We visit the Polish city of Walbrzych, where a fairytale castle on a cliff conceals a vast subterranean tunnel network linked to a legend of lost Nazi gold.
8. Panama's Nazi Conspiracy
9.0Aired 29 July 2024 • 44 min
We explore Fort Sherman, a jungle stronghold in Panama built to defend a prized American possession that soon faced the threat of an elaborate Nazi conspiracy.