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.
An abandoned town in the Nevada desert are the ruins of an American Atlantis, destroyed by catastrophic floods when the Hoover Dam was built. Stories: 1) SS Bakery, Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg; Germany; 2) St. Thomas, Nevada, USA; 3) The Northern Forts, Liepaja, Latvia; 4) Makhonjwa Mountains, Southern Africa
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesThe ruins of a dreamlike Polish palace hide an astonishingly dark history that's shrouded in mystery to this day; experts investigate and uncover an ornate gothic structure that concealed a nightmare of Nazi experimentation.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA mysterious town in South Africa is deserted, even though it was once a booming community; experts reveal the cataclysm that caused the people of this once-prosperous town to suddenly leave and never come back. Stories: 1) Podborsko Nuclear Bunker, Poland; 2) Willamette Falls Industrial Site, Oregon City, USA; 3) Pilgrim's Rest Ghost Town, South Africa; 4) Chard Canal, Somerset, England, UK
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA complex of tall, windowless buildings in the American Rust Belt hold 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.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA war-torn Italian ghost town immortalized by a legendary Hollywood director blurs the lines between fiction and reality; experts investigate and uncover a forgotten landscape of ruins captured in a WWII documentary.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA derelict beachside resort along the Black Sea is constructed upon deception and deep connections to the criminal underworld; experts investigate and uncover dark secrets behind a sprawling holiday complex constructed by the Russian mafia.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesAt an infamous prison in the Amazon, the most dangerous criminals on earth faced hard labor, a hostile environment, and death by guillotine; today, it's deserted, and new discoveries reveal why this compound was built and why it was abandoned.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA secret structure on a sinister mountain, an industrial compound swallowed by a forest, and a mysterious run in a sand dune are strange deserted engineering projects. Stories: 1) Tuefelsberg Listening Station, Berlin, Germany; 2) Phoenix Shot Tower, Baltimore, USA; 3) Politz Synthetic Oil Refinery, Police, Poland; 4) Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse, Jutland, Denmark
The world's strangest ghost towns are home to dark secrets, creepy buildings, and eerie sights, and new discoveries reveal why they were abandoned.
A prison with a terrifying past once housed America's most notorious criminals, the fortress stands in ruin, and experts reveal evidence of ghostly secrets hidden in the crumbling jailhouse walls. Stories: 1) West Virginia Penitentiary, USA; 2) National School of Art, Havana, Cuba; 3) The Quarries of Montigny, Oise, France; 4) Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, North Staffordshire, UK
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesAn American ghost town in the Amazon jungle, a secret Nazi base, and a deadly concrete fortress 866 miles long are mysterious deserted engineering projects. Stories: 1) Fordlandia, Para, Brazil; 2) Inner German Border, Hotensleben, Germany; 3) Mauerwald, Mamerki, Poland; 4) Pente D'eau, Montech, France
A cluster of military defensive structures among a quaint holiday village lie deserted on a San Francisco Bay island; experts investigate and uncover a mysterious Civil War outpost that conceals a dark and hellish history...
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA ghost ship thousands of miles away from where anyone expected, a bridge to nowhere in Florida's Hurricane Alley, and a haunting mountain complex with a bloody secret are deserted engineering projects; new discoveries reveal why they were abandoned.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesDeep 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. Stories: 1) Dogpatch USA, Marble Falls, Arkansas, USA; 2) Drakelow Tunnels, Kidderminster, England, UK; 3) Nimrod Fortress, Golan Heights; 4) Spaç Prison, Spaç, Albania
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesEerie ghost ships stranded in an alien desert, sinister ruins known as the Dragon's Teeth, and a ghostly complex with a bloody past are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesAn underground labyrinth once used by a secret police force could warp the mind and turn friend into foe. Stories: 1) Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; 2) Porto Flavia, Masua, Sardinia, Italy; 3) Odessa Catacombs, Odessa, Ukraine; 4) Hario Wireless Telegraph Station, Sasebo, Japan
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesAn alien Nazi structure that changed history, a strange Soviet monolith known as the Tower of Death, and a concrete ocean giant are deserted engineering projects. Stories: 1) Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France; 2) "Oddball", Yorkshire, England; 3) Fort Drum, Manila Bay, Philippines; 4) Yekaterinburg Television Tower, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesAbandoned engineering projects include a strange tower that left an enduring legacy in Russia; a top-secret Nazi facility in Peenemunde, Germany; the Marx generator in Istra, Russia; the Mam Tor road in The United Kingdom; an abandoned road in Cape Town, South Africa
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA Nazi fortress that could have changed history if it was finished, an underwater graveyard of unexpected American treasures, and a network of tunnels hiding a secret history of New York. Stories: 1) La Coupole, Pas De Calais, France; 2) Red Army HQ, Wünsdorf, Germany; 3) SS Empire Heritage, Malin Head, Ireland; 4) Old Croton Aqueduct, New York State, USA
On a desolate island near Greece, abandoned buildings are evidence of a group of people that were forbidden to leave; experts reveal who was forced to stay here and if there was a cover-up to conceal what really happened at this strange place. Stories: 1) Isle of Portland, UK; 2) Pratt Cotton Gin Factory, Alabama, USA; 3) Spinalonga Leper Colony, Crete, Greece
Long, dome-like structures camouflaged by a rural landscape conceal the remains of concrete vaults with a hidden history; experts investigate and uncover state-of-the-art bunkers built to conceal and protect a deadly nuclear secret.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesStories of incredible engineering projects that are now deserted. Stories: 1) Launch Complex 33, White Sands, New Mexico, USA; 2) Zeljava Air Base, Croatia; 3) Kelenföld Power Plant, Budapest, Hungary; 4) Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA collection of ramshackle structures with a mystical facade lie mysteriously deserted on the tropical island of Bali; experts investigate and uncover the ruins of a bizarre amusement park complex with a disastrous past.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesAn enormous war machine lies stranded in a coastal grave along the beaches of Dagestan, Russia; experts investigate and uncover the ruins of an experimental Soviet ground-effect vehicle designed to strike fear in Western governments during the Cold War.
Watch Now:AmazoniTunesA terrifying sea fortress, a highway in the Amazon that suddenly vanishes, and a mysterious structure in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty are deserted engineering projects; discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned. Stories: 1) Petrobras Viaduct, São Sebastião, Brazil; 2) Patarei Prison, Tallinn, Estonia; 3) Ellis Island, New York Bay, USA; 4) Ouvrage Restefond, Col de la Bonnette, France