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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An 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
A strange deserted city in America's heartland, an eerie gigantic wall deep in snow-capped mountains, and a mysterious top-secret Soviet facility are deserted engineering projects. Stories: 1) Gleno Dam, Valle di Scalve, Italy; 2) Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit, USA; 3) Hara Submarine Bade, Hara, Estonia; 4) Masurian Canal-Lock Gorne, Leśniewo, Poland
A 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
An eerie prison with a dark past that became the setting of an iconic Hollywood movie and alien monoliths on a strange and remote island are deserted engineering projects. Stories: 1) Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio, USA; 2) Batterie Mirus, Guernsey, UK; 3) Jussarö Island, Raseborg, Finland; 4) Orford Ness, Suffolk, UK
On a strange island off the coast of Croatia, the mysterious ruins of a long-abandoned hideout look like they once belonged to a James Bond supervillain. Stories: 1) Vis Island Base, Adriatic Sea, Croatia; 2) Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, USA; 3) Port Arthur Penal Colony, Tasmania, Australia; 4) Deutsche Stadion full scale model, Oberklausen, Germany
Tunnels filled with human bones lie beneath the streets of Paris, and this horrifying engineering marvel points to a dark secret. New discoveries reveal why this grisly underground death maze was built. Stories: 1) Kienbaum, Berlin, Germany; 2) The Catacombs, Paris, France; 3) Fort Loncin, Liege, Belgium; 4) Cape Romano Dome Home, Florida, USA
A ghost town in the American West was once a Gold Rush hotspot and one of the most violent places in America. Today, there are legends of a secret treasure buried in the surrounding hills. Stories: 1) Bannack, Montana, USA; 2) Der Riese, Owl Mountains, Poland; 3) Poldice Valley Mines, Cornwall, England, UK; 4) Wünsdorf Soviet Army Headquarters, Berlin, Germany
In Alaska, the ruins of a massive compound point to eerie evidence of an apocalyptic mystery. New discoveries reveal why this strange marvel was built in the snowy wilds of the Last Frontier. Stories: 1) Buckner Building, Whittier, Alaska, USA; 2) Expo '92 Site, Seville, Spain; 3) Siegfried Line, Germany; 4) Red Star Train Graveyard, Budapest, Hungary
A strange complex of tunnels on the grounds of a bizarre mansion were under lock-and-key for a century, and since its rediscovery, some believe its mysterious place is a gate to hell. Stories: 1) Villa De Vecchi, Rhodes, Greece; 2) Nuttallburg, West Virginia, USA; 3) The Initiation Well, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal; 4) Botallack and Levant Mines, Cornwall, UK
Near the destroyed city of Pompeii, an eerie complex of underground tunnels snake beneath a volcano, and some believe these passages were intended as a gateway to hell. Stories: 1) Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, former East Germany; 2) Drydock No. 1, California, USA; 3) Roman Tunnels of Baiae, Bay of Naples, Italy; 4) Isla San Lucas, Costa Rica
A strange complex of buildings on a remote tropical island was once home to a large seaside community, but today, locals avoid the area and claim that it's haunted. Stories: 1) 1936 Olympic Village, Berlin, Germany; 2) Chacachacare Leper Colony, Trinidad and Tobago; 3) BOS 400, Hout Bay, South Africa; 4) Carnon Viaduct, Cornwall, UK
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
A mysterious castle was once a fairytale estate, but today, the building is said to be haunted, and experts investigate the secrets of this eerie fortress and the ghostly stories inside. Stories: 1) Gwrych Castle, North Wales, UK; 2) Keroman U-Boat Base, Lorient, France; 3) Fort Jackson, Louisiana, USA
A 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
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
A vast network of subterranean bunkers in the American west was home to the power to destroy nations, but today, this facility is deserted. Stories: 1) Larson Missile Silo, Washington, USA; 2) Rangsdorf Airfield, Berlin, Germany; 3) Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA; 4) Castries Harbor, St. Lucia, Caribbean
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
An abandoned system of caves was once the meeting place of a secret society that worshiped Satan and performed black magic, and why a Founding Father was a frequent guest. Stories: 1) British S.O.E Cave & Tragjas, Albania; 2) Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, West Virginia, USA; 3) Hellfire Caves, West Wycombe, UK
Special access to the world's strangest disaster zones reveals buried secrets. The Top 10 Strangest Disaster Zones: 10) Dallol, Afar Region, Ethiopia; 9) Muynak, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan; 8) Exclusion Zone, Plymouth, Montserrat; 7) 921 Earthquake Faultline, Nantou County, Taiwan; 6) Vajont Dam, Bellund, Italy; 5) Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan; 4) Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania,USA; 3) Porong District, Java, Indonesia; 2) Villa Epecuén, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; 1) Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
An abandoned industrial complex by Lake Michigan was once a top-secret military compound; new discoveries reveal what really happened here and why the government turned its back on this juggernaut. Stories: 1) Nike Missile Sites and Gary, Indiana, USA; 2) Vindolanda, Northumberland, UK; 3) Dire Dawa Railway Yard, Ethiopia; 4) Kaunas Fortress, Lithuania
An island of dense jungle is home to an abandoned complex with a dark past of bloodshed and rebellion, and new discoveries reveal why it was built and the circumstances of its downfall. Stories: 1) Royal Hospital Haslar, Hampshire, UK; 2) Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; 3) Sazan Island, Albania; 4) Cinnamon Bay Plantation Ruins, St. John, US Virgin Islands
A strange bunker near the Kennedy Space Center once served a top-secret military function should doomsday ever come; experts use declassified intel to reveal the purpose of this forbidding facility. Stories: 1) Christianstadt Dynamite Factory, Krzystkowice, Poland; 2) AT&T Bunker, Florida, USA; 3) Coastal Forts, Gold Coast, Ghana; 4) The Sugar Refinery, Belgrade, Serbia
Abandoned towers in southern Greece are the ruins of a fearsome warrior civilization descended from the Spartans, and new discoveries reveal the role these towers played during generations of violent blood feuds among the clans that lived here. Stories: 1) Antonov AN-225, Kiev, Ukraine; 2) Loch Ewe, Scotland, UK; 3) Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, Indiana, USA; 4) Mani Peninsula, Greece
A massive, alien-like fortress built into a mountainside is the central node to a network of pipelines that race outwards like tentacles. Stories: 1) Shuinandong Smelter, Jinguashi, Taiwan; 2) Chanute Air Force Base, Campaign County, Illinois, USA; 3) Pidhirtsi Castle, Ukraine; 4) Fort Hermann, Bovec Basin, Slovenia
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An 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
Deep 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
An entire city district of desolate streets and derelict buildings lies mysteriously untouched for decades in Eastern Cyprus; experts investigate and uncover a once opulent resort town suddenly entangled in a Turkish military invasion.
A legendary US Naval war vessel now stands as a monument to space exploration in Alameda, California; experts investigate and reveal how a formidable WWII aircraft carrier served a vital roll in historic Apollo spaceflight recovery missions.
A curiously designed, windowless building adorned with gold tinted diamond shapes now stands derelict in Tulsa; experts investigate and uncover a controversial religious figure and the headquarters behind a pioneering form of American TV evangelism.
A porn baron establishes a hedonistic paradise to avert nuclear catastrophe - attracting rich and infamous clients in the process...
Half-built castles stand as a whimsical reminder of a neighborhood that was supposed to feature thermal baths and panoramic views; the ambitious project came to an abrupt halt when the construction company began to face financial difficulties...
This Caribbean mecca for rock legends was envisioned by famous Beatles producer George Martin; although many legendary records were made there, the studio had to close after a series of natural disasters rocked the small island...
This Seoul amusement park is full of rusted-out rides and unfinished renovations. Forced to close due to financial problems, the park has found a second life after being used as the setting of K-pop album covers and music videos...
In a California desert, a once glittering Hollywood hotspot gets converted into a top-secret interrogation center for POWs; before being shuttered, this high-tech facility gathered reams of valuable wartime intelligence...
Formerly known as one of the toughest prisons in America, this massive complex was once home to medical experiments and a chaotic hostage situation; it's better remembered as the setting for the iconic opening scene of "The Blues Brothers."
Graffiti scratched into the walls of a military base on the British coast sheds light on a secret raid against the Nazis; the story left behind by the soldiers does not match the rosy picture that was painted by the media...
Conspiracies swirl around an abandoned military base in Long Island, where it's alleged that covert government experiments took place underground; experts discuss the critical role that the base played in defending America's coastline...
In modern-day Turkey, on the coast of the Aegean Sea, archaeologists discovered hilltop ruins that are believed to be the site of one of the world's most enduring stories -- the legend of Troy and the Trojan Horse...
On a picturesque island off the coast of Brazil, this penal colony was once the site of a dramatic prisoner uprising; among the ruins lies the story of the violent rebellion and the recapturing of the island by military forces...
This decaying fortress once stood between the Ancient Roman and Persian Empires; though the stronghold's location attracted great wealth, it also attracted attention from unfriendly neighbors...
A teenage girl in Korea is martyred in prison and becomes a national hero; the facility where she was held stands in remembrance of her bravery and the Korean struggle for independence...
Notorious gunslinger John Dillinger once pulled off a daring escape from this unassuming jail; today, the story of his clash with Indiana's first female sheriff and his dramatic getaway continues to fascinate the public.
A building in Colorado is still marked with bullet holes from a Wild West shootout between union members and state militia; the ruins of the old mining town tell the heated story of a labor dispute that ended in sabotage and murder.
In the former Soviet Union, this theater and others like it were used to influence the minds of the masses; though its grand auditorium is now empty, the building still serves as a testament to the power of cinema...
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects now lie in ruins. These deserted places are home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets, and we revisit them to understand how they were built, and why they were abandoned.
Uncover the secrets of Nazi engineering projects that now lie in ruins. These deserted places are home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets, and are revisited to understand how they were built, and why they were abandoned. This episode is a compilation of segments from S01E01, "Nazi Ghost Town", S01E05, "Soviet Doomsday Device", and S01E04, "Wild West Apocalypse".
Uncovering the secrets of Soviet engineering projects that now lie in ruins; these deserted places are home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets, and we revisit them to understand how they were built, and why they were abandoned. This episode is a compilation of segments from S01E03, "Phantoms Of Chernobyl", S01E01, "Nazi Ghost Town", and S01E05, "Soviet Doomsday Device".
Uncovering the secrets of American engineering projects that now lie in ruins; deserted places play home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets; revisiting them to understand how they were built and why they were abandoned. This episode is a compilation of segments from S01E01, "Nazi Ghost Town", S01E06, "The Tesla Conspiracy", and S01E03, "Phantoms Of Chernobyl".
Uncovering the secrets of military engineering projects that now lie in ruins; these deserted places play home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets; revisiting them to understand how they were built and why they were abandoned. This episode is a compilation of segments from S01E02, "Curse Of Hell Island", S01E03, "Phantoms Of Chernobyl", S01E04, "Wild West Apocalypse".
This episode is a mashup of segments from S01E01, "Nazi Ghost Town", S01E06, "The Tesla Conspiracy", and S01E03, "Phantoms Of Chernobyl".
The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.