Abandoned Engineering

Silent Cities

What is left behind when urban areas are abandoned? Hear about some remarkable ghost towns, including Pripyat - frozen in time after Chernobyl - and Hashima Island.

Mission: Space

The eerie world of abandoned Space Age projects. What became of the HARP gun in Barbados and the mountainside Barcroft Observatory in California? Find out today.

Lost Bridges

Hear about some magnificent bridges that time forgot. A hurricane put paid to Goat Canyon Trestle in California, while Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado.

Ghost Ships

Hear about some once-great triumphs of marine engineering, now left to rust. A ship graveyard in Maryland has been colonised by wildlife. We go inside a Cold War sub.

Quest for Power

Hear about the disused structures that were once at the forefront of power supply, including Budapest's Kelenfold Power Station and New York's Wardenclyffe Tower.

Roads to Nowhere

Hear how a crumbling hill in the Peak District and dunes in California caused the closure of two roads. Learn why a route used by the French Resistance shut in 2003.

Hitler's Army Powerhouse

Hear 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.

Britain's Sea Fort Complex

The Italian Dam Disaster

Battle of Britain Technology Facility

The Abandoned Nazi Railway

America’s Jungle City

Germany’s Lost Warship

Lost Highway In The Rainforest

Abandoned Engineering S2 Coming Soon

This series explores extraordinary structures left behind by time coming soon to Yesterday