Abandoned Engineering
Documentary series that looks at some of the greatest engineering projects that have now been abandoned.
- 2016-2026
- 15 seasons
- Discovery Channel
- Documentary
Documentary series that looks at some of the greatest engineering projects that have now been abandoned.
Season 11 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Rock 'N' Roll Island
45 mins
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.
Episode 2
Penthouse Palace
45 mins
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.
Episode 3
Castle Kingdom
45 mins
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.
Episode 4
Fake News Fortress
45 mins
This time we visit Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
Episode 5
The True Cross
45 mins
We explore Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert, a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
Episode 6
Wonderland
45 mins
Explores a work of national pride that became a symbol of excessiveness in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
Episode 7
K-Pop Dreamland
45 mins
This time we look at Yongma Land, a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.
Episode 8
Blues Prison
45 mins
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.