Abandoned Engineering
Structures of steel and iron eerily stand unfinished after they were abandoned midway in construction, covered in weeds, moss and rust, the show explores what they could have been.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Tom Ward , Dominic Selwood , Rob Bell , James S. Corum , James Meigs , Andrew Gough , Lynette Nusbacher , Sascha Auerbach , Claire Barratt , Dougal Jerram , Geoffrey Wawro , Roma Agrawal , Fran Scott , Shini Somara , Michele Mitchell , Daniel Dickrell , Saul David , David Caldwell-Evans
S1.E1 ∙ Silent Cities
Empty buildings and infrastructures are full of the echoes of real people and vanished lives, leaving many questions unanswered and mysteries unsolved. We explore the worlds strangest engineering projects that created empty silent cities.
S1.E2 ∙ Mission: Space
We aim for the stars and find out why unwanted battleship guns allow the United States to gain vital information about the borders of space. We ask how the shattered remains of a secret Nazi base became the first on the path to a new world, with the development of the ground-breaking V2 rocket.
S1.E3 ∙ Lost Bridges
This episode highlights abandoned bridges. The Kinzua Viaduct, Borovsko Bridge, Foreshore Freeway Bridge, and Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge are featured.
S1.E4 ∙ Ghost Ships
Exploring ship graveyards, including Scapa Flow in Orkney, where German warships were scuttled after the First World War, and Mallows Bay, the home of 200 wrecks colonized by wildlife.
S1.E5 ∙ Quest for Power
Hear about some disused structures that were once at the forefront of power supply, including Kelenfold Power Station in Budapest and Wardenclyffe Tower in New York.
S1.E6 ∙ Roads to Nowhere
A crumbling hill in the Peak District and dunes in California causes the closure of two roads; a route used by the French Resistance is closed in 2003.
S2.E1 ∙ Hitler's Army Powerhouse
The Pölitz Synthetic Fuel Plant built in 1937 by Germany to turn coal into oil, was destroyed in 1945 by an Allied air raid. The Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse was built on Lonstrup Cliff in Denmark and ceased operating on 1 August 1968. Also investigated are Teufelsberg (or "Devil's Mountain") in Berlin and Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore.
S2.E2 ∙ Britain's Sea Fort Complex
The Red Sands Sea Fort was originally built to protect London from the Nazi threat in 1945. Massive engineering for the time, seven steel boxes rise 80-feet out of the water at the mouth of the River Thames. Also investigated a 4,000 tonne rusted mass of steel in a field in Eastern Germany, an empty complex located in Philadelphia, and in North Dakota a sinister looking concrete pyramid dating back to the Cold War.
S2.E3 ∙ The Italian Dam Disaster
The Vajont Dam was completed in 1959 on the Vajont River, in the municipality of Erto and Casso. On 9 October 1963, during initial filling, a landslide caused a mega tsunami in the lake and 50 million cubic metres of water overtopped the dam resulting in 1917 deaths in several downstream villages and towns.
S2.E4 ∙ Battle of Britain Technology Facility
In World War II the Royal Aircraft Establishment used all the available cutting edge technology of the day to help Britain win the war. Now, in Farnborough, all that is left are strange looking, derelict buildings that used to be wind tunnels and research facilities.
S2.E5 ∙ The Abandoned Nazi Railway
Finished in 1928, the Canfranc Railway Station was used during WWII under an agreement between the Spanish and the Nazis to transport tungsten. Also investigated, the Kola Superdeep borehole, the Salton Sea Navy Base in California and a derelict tower looming over an industrial area in Belgium.
S2.E6 ∙ America's Jungle City
A symbol of the American dream In the 1920's Fordlandia Rubber Town, is now rotting away in the Amazonian rain forest. Also investigated, a wall near Hötensleben in Germany, monoliths scattered across the forest in Eastern Poland and a bizarre structure in South Western France.
S2.E7 ∙ Germany's Lost Warship
After running aground in a Norwegian Fjord during WWII the Georg Thiele sank despite its technological advancements. Also investigated, a mysterious concrete giant on a mountain peak in Bulgaria, a structure built in the middle of an American river, and the Miles Glacier Bridge in Alaska.
S2.E8 ∙ Lost Highway in the Rainforest
What is the history of a man made island, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, on the Hudson River which was closed in 1954. Also investigated, a long lost highway in the Brazilian jungle, and a forgotten bunker system in the French Alps.
S3.E1 ∙ England's Abandoned Village
A desolate and forgotten town decaying in the desert, an eerie country village which hides a terrible secret, a mysterious wartime tower battered by the elements, and deep beneath the streets of a city a disused railway system. What is their history ?
S3.E2 ∙ The Siege Of Sarajevo
A bridge that is a short time to total collapse, concrete channels running through a mountaintop forest, the rusting remains of a ship and a marooned military base standing in water, all investigated to find out the reason as to why they were abandoned.
S3.E3 ∙ Hitler's Wonder Weapon Bunker
Hidden tunnels that over time helped an entire city to grow and prosper, a sunken wreck with a remarkable past, a concrete wartime dome hiding a Wonder Weapon site and a mysterious cold war building are all investigated as to why they failed or were destroyed and abandoned.
S3.E4 ∙ Germany's D-Day Fortress
A concrete structure out at sea that came to a terrible end, a destroyed cliff top ruin in a cratered landscape that helped turn the tide of war, a strange heavy looking metal monster left in a remote field, and extraordinary tall 'tower of death' in the middle of a busy city.
S3.E5 ∙ The Desert Ghost Fleet
A flotilla of rusting ships in an arid desert, the sunken remains of a strange maritime vessel, a group of buildings deep in a German woodland, and a weird defensive line on the peaks of the Italian Alps. All these things were once in daily use and now stand derelict and almost forgotten.
S3.E6 ∙ The Underwater Prison
Concrete towers in Finland's snowy countryside, the remains of a tunnel leading deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains, an abandoned Soviet prison beneath the water, and a massive rust covered relic standing on the coast of southern Spain. Who used and abandoned them ?
S3.E7 ∙ A Ghost Town in Spain
A deserted town in Spain with a bloody past, a bridge to nowhere hidden in a forest, strange metal structures in a wood and a ghost fleet heading nowhere that are home to dark American secrets are all investigated as to why they were deserted.
S3.E8 ∙ Sabotage In The Mountains
A strange deserted mass of concrete lost in the Polish countryside, a City Scape in the heart of Detroit falling apart, disused and abandoned, the remains of a mountainside concrete structure with an explosive past, and a former top secret Soviet facility off the coast of Estonia.
S4.E1 ∙ The World's Strangest Ghost Town
A Soviet town that that was built as the Russion version of the American dream life of wealth and prosperity and was suddenly turned into a nuclear nightmare scenario. A town in the US that has been almost completely erased, and a settlement in Argentina destroyed by floods.
S4.E2 ∙ Palace of Death
It was intended to bring the French rail network to the forefront of land based public transportation Developed in France from 1965 to 1977 the Aérotrain was an experimental Tracked Air Cushion Vehicle (TACV), or hover train. Now sections of concrete line are all that is left.
S4.E3 ∙ Guernsey Nazi Towers
On the island of Guernsey, stands an abandoned construction which was once the height of war technology. In 1942 the Germans decided they were vulnerable and built the reinforced concrete structures to defend their occupation of the islands.
S4.E4 ∙ Bodie USA
Bodie is a deserted town in USA. It became a boom town in 1876 after the discovery of gold. When that ran out, it declined and in 1915 was officially recognised as a ghost town. Also investigated, a maze of tunnels under Paris, and a group of domed structures standing in the sea of a Florida coast.
S4.E5 ∙ Tunnel to the Underworld
An abandoned town in West Virginia owes its fate to the decline of steam trains. A 2000 year old underground system in Italy begs answers. A massive ex military dry dock on the American west coast lies in ruins, and an island in Costa Rica hides a grim history of mayhem in an old, abandoned prison.
S4.E6 ∙ Escobar's Ruin
Once the home to dictator Pablo Escobar, a ruined compound in Colombia, and strange structures looking like an abandoned art project, in an empty English marshland in Denge, near Dungeness in Kent, are both investigated to reveal their secrets.
S4.E7 ∙ Villa De Vecci Rhodes
On the island of Rhodes, a damaged and vandalised villa with a sordid past. In the woods of West Virginia a rusted industrial structure, and an edifice adorned with signs and symbols that spirals into the ground. What caused their decline ?
S4.E8 ∙ Pyramiden Norway
The remains of a construction project in southern Germany, a Arctic Soviet mining town with a sad history, strange basins near the Golden Gate Bridge, and a deserted group of buildings on the southern tip of Australia. What happened to result in their current condition ?
S4.E9 ∙ Behind the Berlin Wall Special
Tito's hidden Cold War submarine base on the island of Vis in Yugoslavia, the Stazi headquarters building and prison in Berlin, a disused sports centre hiding an underground bunker with sinister secrets, and an abandoned city within a city which housed the former Soviet Army Headquarters in East Berlin.
S4.E10 ∙ Bannock USA
In Montana USA, an abandoned wild west type town, a once peaceful village that profited from poison manufacture and sale destroyed by war, and a massive tunnel network under a mountain that cost thousands of lives, all now lie abandoned but not forgotten.
S4.E11 ∙ Buckner Building Alaska
A rusting disassembled structure in Budapest, Hungary, a huge deserted building in southern Alaska, strange abandoned features that were once the future of Spain, and long meandering fortifications built by the Germans to defend Hitler's Third Reich.
S4.E12 ∙ 1936 Olympic Village Berlin
A rusting wreck lying off the violent coast of South Africa, the remains of a village built in celebration but marked with controversy, and the deserted shell of a house that is still feared by the locals. Why were they abandoned and fall into disuse ?
S5.E1 ∙ Disaster in the Desert
A rusting cable way in the mountains of southern Africa, a desert town almost totally destroyed, coastal ruins with an unknown history and remains that may once have been a prison used for torture, are all uncovered, analysed and investigated.
S5.E2 ∙ The Valkyrie Assassin
The place where a plot was hatched to assassinate the most vicious dictator of World War Two, a hidden underground base with the power to potentially destroy a nation, a beautiful tropical island with a violent history, and in the American wilderness, the remains of an ancient world are all investigated.
S5.E3 ∙ Escape from Devil's Island
A deserted, once secret base called Ralsko, the crumbling remains of the notorious prison cells of Devil's Island, The Salton Sea towns once prolific holiday destinations, and Vemork, a vast mountainside complex that helped to change the world.
S5.E4 ∙ Top Secret Nuclear Arsenal
Pilgrim's Rest, a small town partially deserted, deep in hills of South Africa, Willamette Falls, built on the side of a waterfall and now largely deserted, and a secret underground base with the power to destroy whole nations are all investigated.
S5.E5 ∙ A Nation Torn Apart
The Pratt Cotton Gin Mill, a massive construction bathed in the infamy of America's deep south slavery history, a sunken war time ship relic in Portland, off the coast of England, and in Spinalonga, Greece, a Mediterranean island fortress with a deep dark secret.
S5.E6 ∙ Ghosts of the Swamp
A massive concrete structure at Lorient Sub Base, on the coast of France, that largely resisted the efforts in World War Two to destroy it, a strange castle like ruin at Gwrych that is alleged to be the residence of a ghostly presence, and explorations of relics from the defence of America's homeland, at Fort Jackson, USA.
S5.E7 ∙ Death Behind Bars
A massive underground tunnel and cavern system in France which provided shelter and protection from the endless aerial bombardments of the Second World War, and an American prison that allegedly had links to an infamous cult leader, used to house the violent and deranged, are investigated.
S5.E8 ∙ Behind Enemy Lines
Investigated this time, an infamous and notorious asylum in America that was convinced that lobotomies were the only treatment for insanity, and in the Second World War, a small Albanian village, which was home to Allied secret agents, that was almost completely destroyed because of their resistance to the Nazi war machine.
S6.E1 ∙ The Lost Pirate City
A grim gulag in Croatia, a wartime underground complex in Scotland, and a plantation in the Deep South of America, rooted in the troubled aftermath of the American Civil War. What happened to an infamous pirate city in Jamaica?
S6.E2 ∙ Forbidden Island
A ghost island, that once belonged to a secretive country on the fringes of Europe, a haunting site in the UK with evidence of strange burial practices, crumbling Caribbean ruins, and a sleeping industrial giant born from the ashes of America's most divisive war.
S6.E3 ∙ Blast Zone
Within a dense Polish woodland sits a forgotten complex with an explosive history. Also, grand coastal defences in Ghana reveal a tortured past, a decaying giant that had once promised to kick-start Serbia's industrial revolution, and a site built to keep America functioning in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
S6.E4 ∙ North of the Wall
A top secret military facility in Gary Indiana. A series of structures in Lithuania and a collection of decaying locomotives in the heart of Ethiopia. A complex of stone buildings near Hadrian's Wall in Vindolanda that were built to keep Northern Roman hoards at bay.
S6.E5 ∙ The World's Strangest Disaster Zones
A deserted Caribbean city, a burning American ghost town, a Japanese no go zone, an Arctic settlement facing a terrifying future, a sprawling Taiwanese facility that drew liquid gold down from the hills, and a lake that's now a desert.
S6.E6 ∙ Defenders of Liberty
A now silent site that played a pivotal role in defending the United States throughout the 20th century. Plus, a sprawling facility in Taiwan, a crumbling Italian fortress and a ghostly Ukrainian mansion.
S6.E7 ∙ Space Plane
A feat of Soviet engineering that was crucial to the international space race. Deserted Scottish coastal defences, an complex that is a part of American history and an ancient Greek settlement that was shaped by years of violence.
S6.E8 ∙ Disaster on the 38th Parallel
The mysterious Cachtice Castle home to Elizabeth Bathory, said to have killed over 600 girls, and a mysterious structure on the 38th parallel seemingly communication related and political building.
S6.E9 ∙ Bunker Nation
A small isolated country littered with strange concrete mushrooms, a fort built on America's eastern seaboard, a Spanish village engulfed by tragedy and a secret Japanese facility that was once at the forefront of weapons technology.
S6.E10 ∙ The Human Zoo
A creepy collection of buildings, monuments hidden in a Parisian park and an eerie graveyard of discarded ships strewn along the banks of a mighty river.
S6.E11 ∙ Spike Island
An impressive compound commandeered and re purposed by a brutal regime and an eerie complex off the coast of Ireland that became the biggest of its kind.
S7.E1 ∙ Hollywood Heroes
Legendary film sets with surprising pasts and real locations that inspired Hollywood. Within these decaying structures are the echoes of history.
S7.E2 ∙ Stalin's Subway
In North Wales a secret facility which once manufactured mustard gas and enriched uranium lies in ruins. In Malta is a luxurious quarantine facility, that hides a dark secret.
S7.E3 ∙ Disaster at the Maya Hotel
Ruins of a vast industrial ghost town in the United States, a windswept Scottish island, and the remains of a resort in Japan that watched a city burn.
S7.E4 ∙ Murder Underground
An engineering masterpiece carved into the cliff-face, and a long-range beacon that transmitted one of the most infamous messages in American history.
S7.E5 ∙ El Dorado Canyon
An American desert canyon where fortunes were made and lives were lost and an island fortress in Scotland with an Achilles heel.
S7.E6 ∙ The Mafia Bunker
An iron monster lost in the Alaskan tundra, a Crusader fort thrown into a modern conflict, and a prison built to house a mafia kingpin.
S7.E7 ∙ Ruins of the Rust Belt
A real-life concrete jungle in America's 'Rust Belt', British WWII tunnels inside a Hong Kong mountain, a Soviet nuclear facility hidden in a remote Belarus area, and a remote industrial facility that brought energy to Tasmania from water.
S7.E8 ∙ American Ghost Park
A Middle Eastern region littered with ruins and a strange facility in Taiwan that struck fear into the hearts of those who knew its true purpose.
S7.E9 ∙ Fortress of the Sky
Eerie ruins hiding in the forested hills of Arkansas, USA, and a disintegrating gulag in Albania that housed enemies of the state.
S7.E10 ∙ Catastrophe and Cover Up
A volcanic island just off Taiwan containing chilling ruins from its darkest era, and a miniature railway that lies forgotten in the woods of Arkansas.
S7.E11 ∙ Dead Sea Disaster
A fairy-tale castle that staged one of the strangest stories of the Second World War and a haunting complex on an old American Frontier.
S7.E12 ∙ Global Icons
Bizarrely-shaped huts in India, once home to global superstars, are now eerily quiet and neglected, and a shattered compound in Colombia linked to a criminal mastermind.
S8.E1 ∙ Heroes and Villains
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.E2 ∙ Paradise Lost
Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico and a remote village on Cyprus.
S8.E3 ∙ A Royal Deception
Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.
S8.E4 ∙ Mafia Seaside Resort
Exploring a beach side resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.
S8.E5 ∙ The 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.
S8.E6 ∙ Cathedral of Sewage
An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mold, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.
S8.E7 ∙ The 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.
S8.E8 ∙ The Battle of San Pietro
Exploring Italian ruins immortalized by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.
S8.E9 ∙ Divine Intervention
Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.
S8.E10 ∙ Shadow of the Wars
A dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA that once served in WWII; a dark past unearthed from a fairy-tale castle in Poland; Anglo-Saxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland; and a forgotten village that witnessed the rise and fall of Jerusalem.
S8.E11 ∙ Death in Paradise
Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.
S8.E12 ∙ Before the Crown
Abandoned Engineering travels to Chile, the Maltese capital Valleta, Havana and Germany, to reveal: honeymoon home of a young princess that offered her a glimpse of freedom; grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the twentieth century; a sprawling industrial complex?the site of a ruthless disappearance; and?the artistic dream of?a revolutionary now in ruins.
S9.E1 ∙ Megalomaniac's Palace
Exploring a once lavish palace in Iraq, the Sathorn Unique, a ghost tower in Thailand, and a former sports stadium in Georgia, USA.
S9.E2 ∙ Jungle Fantasy Land
Exploring the remains of a pioneering industry town in Ohio, in the United States, a once beautiful Croatian resort bombarded by enemy fire, and an otherworldly garden of Eden in Mexico.
S9.E3 ∙ The Beached Leviathan
Featuring the remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA, the forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion in Argentina, as well as an ancient complex that is based in Cambodia.
S9.E4 ∙ Niagara's Hidden Marvel
Exploring a royal retreat caught in a web of corruption, an engineering marvel that is hidden behind the tourist attraction and natural wonder, the Niagara Falls, Canada, and a subterranean treasure.
S9.E5 ∙ Apocalyptic Skyscraper
Exploring a ruined castle above a German village, a rural town in Idaho, northwestern U.S.A., a futuristic skyscraper in Johannesburg, and a fantasy world just outside of Buenos Aires.
S9.E6 ∙ Ruins of Empire
Exploring a British fort that became a bizarre zoo, a brutalist school for Communist top brass and a lost world hides secrets of a vanished people.
S9.E7 ∙ Trouble in Paradise
Exploring a resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.
S9.E8 ∙ Experiments of War
Exploring a crumbling dam hidden in the Welsh valleys, a quaint outpost on a paradise island, and a mastery of ancient engineering that ended up bringing life to the planes of Mexico.
S9.E9 ∙ Ancient Encounter
Exploring a picturesque French castle, the remaining ruins of a Kansas City hospital, an ancient Turkish city, and an island based in Ireland that brought its inhabitants closer to God.
S9.E10 ∙ Tunnel of Terrors
Featuring the exploration of a military strong-hold in the Philippines, a facility that generated an American sporting great, and an English relic that hosted a cinematic sensation.
S9.E11 ∙ Alien Contact
Exploring a complex in Georgia pointing into deep space that almost discovered a signal from aliens.
S9.E12 ∙ Treasures to Die For
Exploring Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland, ruins of an ancient city in Iraq and a scandal hit town in New Mexico.
S10.E1 ∙ Raiders and Invaders
Explore Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town drenched in infamy, the victim of a notorious raid; Alcatraz, a facility famed for breakouts, subjected to a daring break-in; and Sealand, a micro nation off the English coast, stormed by a band of mercenaries.
S10.E2 ∙ The Rock
The Tunnels of Gibraltar were a Second World War espionage base, hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar, which lay undiscovered for decades. At Atlas-1 Test Site, are the remains of an ingenious US Airforce project that continues to keep people safe.
S10.E3 ∙ Enemy at the Gates
In the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, hidden from view, a series of vaults tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution. At Fort Schwatka Unalaska are the remains of an Alaskan battleground, where a foreign invader set foot on American soil for the first time since 1812.
S10.E4 ∙ Cowboy Mountain
An Appalachian dream that conjured the spirit of the old west, left to rot on a North Carolina mountainside. In the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia are the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once known as the Venice of the air.
S10.E5 ∙ Drone Wars
Exploring a city in Azerbaijan razed to the ground in a conflict decided by a new weapon of war; a Kansas City Workhouse that appears to have been built for the aristocracy; two seemingly deserted towns in Sicily that are hard to decipher.
S10.E6 ∙ Moonshot
This time we explore an industrial ruin in the Florida everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed; a community in Indonesia shattered by a terrifying and deadly unseen force is also visited.
S10.E7 ∙ Rock and Ruin
We look at traces of a mass deception hidden at Ponte Dirillo in Italy; a decaying theatre in Ohio that has lost its lavish shine; and an ancient city that contains a poisonous secret.
S10.E8 ∙ Castle of the Occult
In the disputed region of Abkhazia lies the wreckage of a vast site that promised heroic sporting victory over western rivals; a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague hides an eerie castle rumoured to possess supernatural powers.
S10.E9 ∙ The Green Line
Opulent remains in an active no-man's land, two moldering bastions with a hopeful tale, and a frozen shell built on a burning passion. Each haunted shell ready to tell its unique story.
S10.E10 ∙ Blitz Spirit
A machine of war given new life, an eerie shrine that offered the promise of immortality, and an unconventional labour of love. Each haunted shell now ready to tell its own unique story.
S10.E11 ∙ An American Exodus
A Liberian landmark with US origins, a desolate town in the shadow of its destroyer, and a mountaintop retreat drained of its lifeblood. Each haunted shell ready to tell its unique story.
S10.E12 ∙ The Drop
Explores the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans, a music mecca that paid the price for taking on the authorities. Also explores Belgica Fort, a stronghold constructed to guard the most unlikely of treasures.
S11.E1 ∙ Rock 'N' Roll Island
A facility on the Caribbean island of Montserrat becomes a magnet for music superstars; a strange ghost town in Georgia is constructed to host a dreadful dictator.
S11.E2 ∙ Penthouse Palace
Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia; Wolf's Lair, a German military complex; and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope, a pioneering facility in Armenia are all explored this time.
S11.E3 ∙ Castle Kingdom
Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires, built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.
S11.E4 ∙ Fake News Fortress
This time we visit Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
S11.E5 ∙ The True Cross
We explore Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert, a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
S11.E6 ∙ Wonderland
Explores a work of national pride that became a symbol of excessiveness in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
S11.E7 ∙ K-Pop Dreamland
This time we look at Yongma Land, a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.
S11.E8 ∙ Blues Prison
Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, is explored this time. Its reputation now persists because it hosted the Blues Brothers.
