The BEST episodes of Mysteries of the Abandoned season 1

Every episode of Mysteries of the Abandoned season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mysteries of the Abandoned season 1!

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.

Last Updated: 12/15/2024Network: Science ChannelStatus: Continuing
Wild West Apocalypse
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7.71
138 votes

#1 - Wild West Apocalypse

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2017

Stories 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

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Curse Of Hell Island
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7.62
194 votes

#2 - Curse Of Hell Island

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/2017

Exploring a top-secret relic that could have changed the Cold War, a ghost town that was once a dangerous industrial hellscape, a wooden road, and a giant warship at the bottom of the ocean. Stories: 1) H.A.R.P. Super Gun, Yuma, Arizona; 2) Hashima Island Coal Mine, Japan; 3) Plank Road, California, USA; 4) Half Moon Bay, Victoria, Australia

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Nazi Ghost Town
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7.59
227 votes

#3 - Nazi Ghost Town

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2017

Revisiting deserted engineering projects to find out how they were built and why they were mysteriously abandoned. Stories: 1) Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge, California, USA; 2) Duga Woodpecker, Duga, Ukraine; 3) Prora, Germany; 4) Grand Goulets Road, France

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Soviet Doomsday Device
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7.55
87 votes

#4 - Soviet Doomsday Device

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/2017

Abandoned 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. Stories: 1) Shukhov Tower, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; 2) Peenemunde, Usedom, Germany; 3) Marx Generator, Istra, Russia; 4) Mam Tor, Derbyshire UK; 5) Foreshore Freeway Bridge, Cape Town, South Africa

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Phantoms Of Chernobyl
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7.54
127 votes

#5 - Phantoms Of Chernobyl

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2017

Exploring the Kinzua Bridge in Pennsylvania; what happened to the large town located just outside of Chernobyl on the eve of disaster in Pripyat, Ukraine; a dangerous mountain road in Italy that changed history; a fleet of ghost ships in Maryland. Stories: 1) Kinzua Viaduct, Pennsylvania, USA; 2) Pripyat, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine; 3) 52 Tunnel Road, Monte Pasubio, Italy; 4) Mallows Bay, Maryland, USA

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The Tesla Conspiracy
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7.50
129 votes

#6 - The Tesla Conspiracy

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2017

An ambitious Nazi project in the Czech Republic; a Cold War relic in Rochester, England; a cutting-edge research complex built by Nikola Tesla; and a research station in the California mountains. Stories: 1) Borovsko Bridge, Švihov, Czechoslovakia; 2) B39 Black Widow, Rochester, England; 3) Wardenclyffe Tower, Long Island, USA; 4) Barcroft Field Station, California, USA

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