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s13e12 · 2026-03-26
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Mysteries of the Abandoned
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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.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.Each of the six, hour-long episodes of Mysteries of the Abandoned features stories behind engineering wonders, why they were built, and the reasons they were eventually left to crumble. Each story recalls the people who originally designed the structure, their historical significance, and why they were ultimately no longer of use. The premiere episode explores California's Goat Canyon Trestle railway, known as the 'Impossible Railroad,' that required the biggest wooden trestle bridge in the world; Ukraine's Duga, the notorious anti-ballistic missile radar, known as the 'Russian Woodpecker,' that still stands in within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone; and the Grand Goulets Road in the French Alps, an astonishingly narrow and perilous mountain passageway.
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10 this season · 142 totals03e01 Doomsday at Dragon's Teeth 2018-10-03 01:00
Doomsday at Dragon's Teeth
Eerie ghost ships stranded in an alien desert, sinister ruins known as the Dragon's Teeth, and a ghostly complex with a bloody past are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e02 Nightmare on Blood Mountain 2018-10-10 01:00
Nightmare on Blood Mountain
A ghost ship thousands of miles away from where anyone expected, a bridge to nowhere in Florida's Hurricane Alley, and a haunting mountain complex with a bloody secret are deserted engineering projects. New discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e03 Tower of Death 2018-10-17 01:00
Tower of Death
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, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e04 Underwater Ghost Prison 2018-10-24 01:00
Underwater Ghost Prison
An entrance to the underworld in the American wild, a haunting Soviet underwater prison, and a strange complex of towers in a forest of ice are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e05 America's Doomsday Town 2018-10-31 01:00
America's Doomsday Town
A strange deserted city in America's heartland, an eerie gigantic wall deep in snowcapped mountains, and a mysterious top-secret Soviet facility are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e06 City of the Damned 2018-11-14 02:00
City of the Damned
A deserted town in Spain with a bloody past and a ghost fleet heading nowhere are homes to dark American secrets, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e07 The Town That Disappeared 2018-11-21 02:00
The Town That Disappeared
A haunted lighthouse on Lake Michigan, a town where everyone seems to have vanished all at once, and a secret complex of tunnels beneath London are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e08 Nazi Death Star 2018-11-28 02:00
Nazi Death Star
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 were abandoned for mysterious reasons, and experts investigate why.
s03e09 The Real Shawshank 2018-12-05 02:00
The Real Shawshank
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, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
s03e10 Secrets of Alien Stonehenge 2018-12-12 02:00
Secrets of Alien Stonehenge
An alien Stonehenge with a sinister purpose, an eerie building filled with strange labyrinths, and an endless concrete track in the middle of nowhere are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal why they were abandoned.