Abandoned Engineering
Abandoned Engineering is a TV show on Yesterday. A look at some of the greatest engineering projects that have now been abandoned. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 133 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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Exploring Serbia, Fort Pike in Louisiana, and a mountainside refuge in Georgia that was revealed to the world by an act of God.
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1:00:00Exploring a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague that hides Houska Castle, an eerie castle rumoured to possess supernatural powers.
1:00:00Exploring traces of a mass deception hidden at Ponte Dirillo in Italy, as well as a once-lavish theatre in Ohio and an ancient city with a poisonous secret.
1:00:00Exploring an industrial ruin in the Florida Everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed.
Series 2
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1:00:00Hear how the Politz synthetic fuel plant in Poland, now a derelict site, was once central to Nazi Germany's drive to become self-sufficient on fuel.
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1:00:00Exploring Agdam, a city in Azerbaijan raised to the ground in a conflict decided by a new weapon of war.
1:00:00Exploring the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once know as the Venice of the air.
1:00:00Exploring a series of vaults, hidden from view in Edinburgh, Scotland that tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution.
1:00:00Exploring the Tunnels of Gibraltar, a Second World War espionage base, hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar.
1:00:00Exploring Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town drenched in infamy. Also, Alcatraz, a facility famed for breakouts but also subjected to a daring break-in.
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1:00:00Exploring a royal retreat caught in a web of corruption, an engineering marvel hidden behind the Niagara Falls in Canada, and a subterranean treasure.
1:00:00Exploring Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland, ruins of an ancient city in Iraq and a scandal hit town in New Mexico.
1:00:00Exploring a complex in Georgia pointing into deep space that almost discovered a signal from aliens.
1:00:00Exploring a picturesque French castle, the ruins of a Kansas City hospital, an ancient Turkish city, and an island in Ireland that brought its inhabitants closer to God.
1:00:00Exploring a crumbling dam hidden in the Welsh valleys, a quaint outpost on a paradise island, and a mastery of ancient engineering that brought life to the planes of Mexico.
1:00:00Exploring a luxury resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.
1:00:00Exploring 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.
1:00:00Exploring a ruined castle above a German village, a rural town in Idaho, a futuristic skyscraper in Johannesburg and a fantasy world outside of Buenos Aires.
1:00:00Exploring a military strong-hold in the Philippines, a facility that spawned an American sporting great, and an English relic that hosted a cinematic sensation.
1:00:00This episode features remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA, forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion in Argentina and an ancient complex in Cambodia.