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A place of hope in the Czech Republic quietly perseveres in the age of Nazi tyranny, a Moroccan politician sides with the French and an eco-friendly paradise in the Amazon proves to be unsustainable.

Schindler's Deception

An underground labyrinth can warp the mind and turn friend into foe.

Into the Murder Labyrinth

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...

Castle Kingdom

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 Ruins of Troy

In a California desert, a once glittering Hollywood hotspot gets converted into a top-secret interrogation center for POWs.

The True Cross

This spooky, unfinished amusement park serves a different purpose nowadays.

K-Pop Dreamland

In the former Soviet Union, this theater and others like it were used to influence the minds of the masses.

Propaganda Palace

A Beatles legend builds a state-of-the-art studio on a Caribbean island.

Rock 'N' Roll Island

Graffiti scratched into the walls of a military base on the British coast sheds light on a secret raid against the Nazis.

Fake News Fortress

A Polish castle becomes entwined in the hunt for lost Nazi treasure, the heir of an American business tycoon gets caught in a web of controversy and an Irish estate is embroiled in a fight for freedom.

Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train

A fantasy land lies in the heart of Alabama, a place of refuge in Ireland becomes a house of horrors, a South Korean city is scarred by a violent crackdown and traces of a brutal industry remain along the arid Namibian coast.

Ghost Skeleton Coast

A mysterious American pyramid built out of Cold War paranoia, a haunted prison, and a cluster of structures in the Atlantic are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Curse of the Haunted Prison

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.

Arctic Hell Pit

The world's strangest ghost towns are home to dark secrets, creepy buildings and eerie sights; new discoveries reveal why they were abandoned.

World's Strangest Ghost Towns

A majestic estate for the rich and powerful now lies abandoned in the highlands of Argentina; experts investigate and uncover a once struggling hotel that was transformed into a luxurious resort outpost for elite Nazi German sympathizers.

Ruins of the Nazi Resort

This fortress once stood between the Ancient Roman and Persian Empires.

The Ruins of Archaeopolis

Notorious gunslinger John Dillinger once pulled off a daring escape from this unassuming jail.

Gunslingers and Gangsters

A building in Colorado is still marked with bullet holes from a Wild West shootout between union members and state militia.

Gangbusters and Gun Battles

Abandoned engineering projects include a classified Soviet machine built to prevent all-out nuclear war, a top-secret Nazi facility, and a strange tower that left an enduring legacy.

Soviet Doomsday Device

Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects are now deserted; Explore what happened to a cutting-edge research complex built by a visionary genius, an ambitious Nazi project that met a sinister end, and a Cold War relic that changed history.

The Tesla Conspiracy

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, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Amazon Ghost Town

A terrifying sea fortress, a highway in the Amazon that suddenly vanishes, a mysterious structure in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Sea Fortress of Doom

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.

The Real Shawshank

An abandoned system of caves was once the meeting place of a secret society that worshiped Satan and performed black magic, and new discoveries at this mysterious site reveal what really happened here and why a Founding Father was a frequent guest.

Curse of Satan's Catacombs

The World’s Strangest Disaster Zones

Experts reveal 10 of the world's most iconic abandoned places.

Greatest Icons

The ruins of a coastal fortress sit atop a jagged outcrop along the beaches of Wales; experts investigate and uncover a derelict 19th-century British fortification that housed a series of occupants, including an exotic, private zoo.

Ruins of the Zoo Fortress

A porn baron dreams up a hedonistic paradise to avert nuclear catastrophe.

Penthouse Palace

Formerly known as one of the toughest prisons in America, this massive complex was once home to medical experiments and a chaotic hostage situation.

Blues Prison

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...

Korea's Joan of Arc

Desert bunkers in Tunisia block Allied victory in Africa; the pride of one Alabama community is born out of a harsh reality; a Lebanese complex is rocked by a massive explosion; the remains of an elite institution still stand in Greece.

The Desert Pirates

Exploring what happened to the large town just outside of Chernobyl on the eve of disaster, a fleet of ghost ships, and a dangerous mountain road that changed history.

Phantoms of Chernobyl

A secret Russian military base in the Gobi Desert, a strange complex in an American wasteland, and a relic high atop a mountain are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Desert Ghost Fort

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  and why it was abandoned.

Alaska's Fort Apocalypse

At an infamous prison in the Amazon, dangerous criminals faced hard labor, a hostile environment and death by guillotine; today, it's deserted and new discoveries reveal why this hellish compound was built and abandoned.

Jungle of the Damned

An abandoned theme park is home to secrets of a forgotten, imaginary world.

American Ghost Park

A war-torn Italian ghost town immortalized by a legendary Hollywood director blurs the lines between fiction and reality; experts investigate and uncover a forgotten landscape of ruins captured in a WWII documentary.

Hollywood vs. Nazis

A once majestic theater now lies mysteriously derelict in Cleveland.

Ruins of Variety Theater

A slice of the Miami suburbs stands out for its style and history; a hotel in Lebanon carries the scars of a civil war; a pirate radio station gets a mixed reception.

High-Rise Hotel Battlefield

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.

Tower of Death

An eerie set of buildings in Paris is evidence of an unspeakable evil; new discoveries reveal the horrific things that happened here, and why they were abandoned.

House of Horror

A collection of ramshackle structures with a mystical facade lie mysteriously deserted on the tropical island of Bali; experts investigate and uncover the ruins of a bizarre amusement park complex with a disastrous past.

Ruins of Disaster Park

Experts investigate bunkers that conceal a deadly nuclear secret.

Fortress of Nuclear Secrets

A residential complex turns into a dystopian ruin in South Africa.

Desolation of Ponte City

The ruins of a once lavish destination are now deserted in Romania.

Romanian Royal Desolation

Subterranean vaults lie hidden beneath the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Secret Vaults of Scotland

The bizarre remains of an Old West mining town lie mysteriously deserted high in the mountains of Maggie Valley, North Carolina; experts investigate and discover an abandoned ghost town theme park that some local residents believe carries a curse.

Curse of Cowboy Mountain

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.

Historic Remains of USS Hornet

Remains of a grand vision become a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital.

Turkish Wonderland

A stronghold in Panama defends a prized American possession, a mad scientist shares an herbal remedy from his hilltop castle, a ghostly German railroad divides  a fractured city and a Bulgarian mountain retreat offers hope to its residents

Defenders of the Panama Canal

The series about abandoned engineering achievements begins with a Soviet megastructure, massive Nazi brainwashing complex and dangerous desert pass.

Nazi Ghost Town

Exploring a ghost town that was once a dangerous industrial hellscape, a giant warship at the bottom of the ocean, and a top-secret relic that could have changed the Cold War.

Curse of Hell Island

Stories of incredible engineering projects that are now deserted, including a massive military site that was once a hotbed for nuclear testing, a top-secret airbase hidden inside a mountain, and an otherworldly power plant.

Wild West Apocalypse

A strange Cuban prison, an eerie escape route built for Armageddon, and an underwater marvel that changed history are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Armageddon Highway

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.

City of the Damned

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.

The Town That Disappeared

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, and new discoveries might finally reveal its true location.

Treasure of Outlaw Valley

A strange complex of tunnels on the grounds of a bizarre mansion were under lock-and-key for a century. Since its rediscovery, some believe its mysterious place is a gate to hell. New discoveries reveal its secret purpose and why it was abandoned.

Alien Hell Portal

An abandoned town in the Nevada desert is the ruins of an American Atlantis, destroyed by catastrophic floods when the Hoover Dam was built; experts investigate the secrets of this eerie ghost town as water levels recede and the city reemerges.

American Atlantis

Experts investigate the ghostly remnants of a beautifully constructed town.

Ghosts of Black Mountain

Deserted buildings are evidence of a city’s lost industrial past.

Ruins of the Rust Belt

The ruins of a historic Scottish castle is now a bewitching wilderness of hidden dangers with deadly booby traps obscured afoot; experts and historians reveal a bygone Second World War military hospital with bizarre ties to an infamous Nazi occupant.

Ghosts of the Cursed Castle

The haunting remains of an isolated ghost town high in the Colorado mountains suggest a once booming mining community left in devastation; experts uncover an inhospitable land of shattered dreams where fortune seekers chased the American dream.

Ghosts of Mount Fortune

An enormous concrete box with bizarre circular openings looms on the coast of an island near mainland China; Experts investigate and uncover tunnels leading to an enormous underground complex that nearly triggered a nuclear war.

Chinese Nuclear Box

A cluster of military defensive structures among a quaint holiday village lie deserted on a San Francisco Bay island; experts investigate and uncover a mysterious Civil War outpost that conceals a dark and hellish history...

Hidden Hell of Angel Island

Ruins of an imposing mental health institution lie deserted in Scotland.

Psychiatric Ruins of Scotland

The remains of rocket testing facility lie in the Florida Everglades.

Remnants of Rocket Complex

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.

Urban Ruins of Varosha

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, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Conspiracy on Devil's Mountain

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. New discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Secrets of the Alien Shrine

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 why they were abandoned.

Nightmare on Blood Mountain

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. New discoveries reveal why this eerie place was built and why it was abandoned.

Haunting on Plague Island

An island of dense jungle is home to an abandoned complex with a dark past of bloodshed and rebellion, and new discoveries at this deserted place reveal why it was built and the gruesome circumstances of its downfall.

Hell on Blood Island

Experts reveal how Mafiosi was imprisoned on a Mediterranean island.

Secrets of Mafia Island

Experts investigate a classified military wasteland with a deadly past.

Factory of Death

Experts uncover the haunting remnants of a settlement in the Nevada desert.

The Doom of El Dorado

The ruins of a dreamlike Polish palace hide an astonishingly dark history that's shrouded in mystery to this day; experts investigate and uncover an ornate gothic structure that concealed a nightmare of Nazi experimentation.

Hitler's Nightmare Palace

An enormous war machine lies stranded in a coastal grave along the beaches of Dagestan, Russia; experts investigate and uncover the ruins of an experimental Soviet ground-effect vehicle designed to strike fear in Western governments during the Cold War.

The Beached Leviathan

An eerie ghost village in west-central France, Oradour-sur-Glane, appears as if it were mysteriously abandoned and destroyed all at once; experts investigate and uncover the remains of a derelict settlement left as a memorial to a murderous WWII Nazi raid.

Ghost Village of Nazi Invaders

A castle with an eerie attraction stands derelict in the Czech Republic.

Castle of the Nazi Occult

A vast network of subterranean bunkers in the American west was home to the power to destroy nations, but today, this facility is deserted, and new discoveries reveal why this eerie place was built and why it was abandoned.

Secrets of the Doomsday Caves

In a remote Louisiana swamp, the ruins of a massive industrial operation suggest that something evil once happened here, and new discoveries at this eerie site reveal what these abandoned buildings were for and why they were deserted.

Swamp of Despair

The world's abandoned structures hold new evidence about the lives and deeds of history's greatest heroes and villains, and using the latest discoveries at these mysterious sites, experts count down the ten most significant.

The Good, Bad and Abandoned

A breathtaking stainless steel tower seems otherworldly and out of place in the remote mountain forests of Croatia; experts investigate and uncover a dark past of Nazi-led conflict and a monument to a desperate fight for survival.

Alien Ghost Tower

The bizarre remnants of a housing complex lie mysteriously deserted in an Ohio industrial town; experts investigate and uncover the dark, turbulent past of an oppressive steel company and labor strikes that resulted in deadly riots.

Derelict Housing of Protest

An opulent chateau perched in the middle of a lake now stands dilapidated in the Loire Valley of France; experts investigate and uncover the remains of a festering palace whose owner was labeled a traitor by France's most notorious king.

Remnants of Traitor Chateau

A facility housing two enormous satellites stands derelict in Georgia.

Remnants of Alien Contact

The remnants of a desolate ghost town are uncovered in Azerbaijan.

Desolate Remnants of Agdam

A forgotten military fortification lies hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar.

Hidden Tunnels of Gibraltar

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. New discoveries reveal how they were built & why they were abandoned.

America's Doomsday Town

The ruins of a once-palatial compound contain the secrets of one of history's most notorious criminals, and new discoveries reveal why this high-security estate was built and why it was abandoned.

Escobar's Castle

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 and why it was abandoned.

Labyrinth of the Dead

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. New discoveries reveal exactly why they were built and why they were abandoned.

Pompeii's Gate To Hell

A one-time fairytale castle is rumored to be haunted; experts investigate the secrets and ghostly stories of this eerie fortress.

Haunting of Heartbreak Castle

A haunted prison with a terrifying past once housed America's most notorious criminals, but today, the fortress stands in ruin, and experts reveal evidence of ghostly secrets hidden in the crumbling jailhouse walls.

The Devil's Prison

An abandoned industrial complex by Lake Michigan was once a top-secret military compound that protected America from enemy attacks; new discoveries reveal what really happened here and why the government turned its back on this juggernaut.

End Times on Lake Michigan

Experts investigate the deadly legacy of an abandoned sea fort.

Plague on Hell Island

A luxurious skyscraper in Bangkok is now an eerily derelict ghost tower.

Bangkok's Ghost Tower

On a picturesque island off the coast of Brazil, this penal colony was once the site of a dramatic prisoner uprising.

Hell Island

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; new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.

Underwater Ghost Prison

Documentary series investigating why some of the world's most advanced architectural achievements were abandoned.

All Episodes of Mysteries of the Abandoned

Season 1

Soviet Doomsday Device

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/2017

The Tesla Conspiracy

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2017

Phantoms of Chernobyl

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2017

Nazi Ghost Town

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2017

Curse of Hell Island

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/2017

Wild West Apocalypse

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2017