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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Season 2 2018
TV-14

  • 2018-03-21T01:00:00Z on Science
  • 42m
  • 5h 57m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
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.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

2018-03-21T01:00:00Z

2x01 Armageddon Highway

Season Premiere

2x01 Armageddon Highway

  • 2018-03-21T01:00:00Z42m

A strange Cuban prison, an eerie escape route for Los Angeles, a dam in Italy, and an underwater marvel near Dover, England that changed history.
Stories:
1) Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba;
2) Shoemaker Canyon Road, Los Angeles, California, USA;
3) Vajont Dam, Bellund, Italy;
4) Phoenix Caisson, Littlestone, UK

A mysterious American pyramid built out of Cold War paranoia, a haunted prison, and a strange cluster of structures in the Atlantic are mysterious deserted engineering projects.
Stories:
1) Nekoma Missile Complex, North Dakota, USA;
2) Redsand Sea Fort, Kent, UK;
3) Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
4) Bagger 258, Schipkau, Germany

2018-04-04T01:00:00Z

2x03 Arctic Hell Pit

2x03 Arctic Hell Pit

  • 2018-04-04T01:00:00Z45m

Traces of a Russian hole to hell in the Arctic, a military base in America's wild west, and a strange looming tower are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
Stories:
1) Salton Sea Test Range, California, USA;
2) Kola Superdeep Borehole, Pechengsky, Russia;
3) Canfranc Railway Station, Aragon Valley, Spain;
4) Power Station IM, Charleroi, Belgium

2018-04-11T01:00:00Z

2x04 Desert Ghost Fort

2x04 Desert Ghost Fort

  • 2018-04-11T01:00:00Z45m

A secret Russian military base in the Gobi Desert; a strange complex in an American wasteland; a relic high atop a mountain.
Stories:
1) Bayantal Soviet Air Base, Mongolia;
2) Carrie Furnaces, Pennsylvania, USA;
3) Farnborough Wind Tunnels, Farnborough, UK;
4) Cresta Croce Cannon, Italy

A 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

A strange alien shrine on a mountain peak, a bridge built in the Alaskan wilderness, and an American castle with a dangerous secret are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built.
Stories:
1) Buzludzha Monument, Kazanlak, Bulgaria;
2) Miles Glacier Bridge, Alaska, USA;
3) Bannerman's Castle, New York, USA;
4) Georg Thiele, Narvik, Norway

2018-05-02T01:00:00Z

2x07 Amazon Ghost Town

2x07 Amazon Ghost Town

  • 2018-05-02T01:00:00Z45m

An 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

Season Finale

2018-05-09T01:00:00Z

2x08 Sea Fortress of Doom

Season Finale

2x08 Sea Fortress of Doom

  • 2018-05-09T01:00:00Z45m

A 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

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