Abandoned Engineering

2017•13 series

Available on U&Yesterday

`Abandoned Engineering' explores some of the world's biggest and most mysterious abandoned constructions, structures that, at the time, were among the most advanced engineering projects ever undertaken. Beyond the structures themselves, the team explores the histories and mysteries behind them, including what happened at infamous locations such as a former pirate city in Jamaica, a Croatian gulag and a Louisiana plantation. Other sites, such as an ancient burial sites in the United Kingdom, reveal past practices that seem haunting.

Episode 1Heroes & Villians

The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell.

Episode 1The Rumble in the Jungle

The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero - and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic - are abandoned but still have unique stories to tell. S8 Ep1

Episode 2Paradise Lost

Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico and a remote village on Cyprus.

Episode 3A Royal Deception

Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.

Episode 4Mafia Seaside Resort

Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.

Episode 5The Giant Speaker

Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.

Episode 6Cathedrial of Sewage

Exploring an ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.

Episode 7The Secret Bunker

Exploring a desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, and a doomed top-secret Nazi project.

Episode 8The Battle of San Pietro

Exploring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.

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