Abandoned Engineering — Season 9
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 (12)
1. Megalomaniac's Palace
Aired 21 March 2022 • 44 min
Exploring a once lavish palace in Iraq, the Sathorn Unique, an epic ghost tower in Thailand, and a former sports stadium in Georgia, USA
2. Jungle Fantasy Land
Aired 28 March 2022 • 44 min
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.
3. The Beached Leviathan
Aired 4 April 2022 • 44 min
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.
4. Tunnel of Terrors
Aired 11 April 2022 • 44 min
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.
5. Apocolyptic Skyscraper
Aired 18 April 2022 • 44 min
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.
6. Ruins of Empire
Aired 25 April 2022 • 43 min
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.
7. Trouble In Paradise
Aired 2 May 2022 • 44 min
Exploring a luxury resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.
8. Experiments of War
Aired 9 May 2022 • 43 min
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.
9. Ancient Encounter
Aired 16 May 2022 • 43 min
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.
10. Alien Contact
Aired 23 May 2022 • 44 min
Exploring a complex in Georgia pointing into deep space that almost discovered a signal from aliens.
11. Treasures To Die For
Aired 30 May 2022 • 44 min
Exploring Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland, ruins of an ancient city in Iraq and a scandal hit town in New Mexico.
12. Niagara's Hidden Marvel
Aired 6 June 2022 • 44 min
Exploring a royal retreat caught in a web of corruption, an engineering marvel hidden behind the Niagara Falls in Canada, and a subterranean treasure.