7.2/1012 votesLoading...#1 - Salton Sea/Weston
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2011
Once hailed it as the next Palm Springs, Salton Sea is now populated only with decaying vacation homes and dead fish carcasses. West Virginia’s Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum stands empty – but it’s filled with dark secrets.
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- 7.1/107 votesLoading...
#2 - Hashima/Gary
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2011
Hashima, Japan, is a coal-mining island that was once the most populated city on Earth and is now a decaying hulk filled with rubble in the middle of the sea. Gary, Indiana was built on steel, but hard times turned the downtown into an urban wasteland.
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- 6.9/107 votesLoading...
#3 - Chile/Detroit
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2011
High in Chile’s Altacama Desert, the eerie remains of Humberstone and Santa Laura evoke the glory days of South America’s nitrate mining era, while Detroit’s shattered factories and abandoned neighborhoods stand a stark warning for post-industrial man.
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- 6.8/1019 votesLoading...
#4 - Pripyat/Picher
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2011
The story of two cities abandoned by the industrial disasters. Pripyat, Ukraine, is the closest city to Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster. Picher, Oklahoma, a center for lead and zinc mining, is one the most toxic towns in America.
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- 6.4/1011 votesLoading...
#5 - Bodie/Namibia
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2011
Diamonds and gold lured people to very inhospitable places. In Africa's Namibian desert, German miners built European towns in a sand-blasted hell. On the treeless high Sierras of California, gold-rush era miners carved a city miles from civilization.
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- 6.2/1011 votesLoading...
#6 - Balestrino/Hunters Point
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/2011
As it fell apart around them, the residents of Balestrino abandoned their homes in the medieval town once ruled by a murderous Marquis. At Hunters Point, San Francisco, the massive industrial spaces succumb to an invasion by the forces of nature.
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The Best Episodes of Forgotten Planet
Every episode of Forgotten Planet ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Forgotten Planet!
Explore the cast-offs of humanity - buildings, compounds and even entire cities abandoned by humans for years.
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Best Episodes Summary
"Salton Sea/Weston" is the best rated episode of "Forgotten Planet". It scored 7.2/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/8/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hashima/Gary".