Abandoned Engineering

This episode explores Fort Sherman, Panama; Radunsti Hospital, Bulgaria; Rocchetta Mattei, Italy; and Siemensbahn Railway, Berlin, Germany.

A jungle stronghold in Panama built to defend a prized American possession that soon faced the threat of an elaborate Nazi conspiracy. In Italy, an eclectic hilltop structure built to be the home and laboratory of a reclusive scientist making grand claims. A ghostly railroad cutting through the German capital of Berlin, that became a potent symbol of a city divided. And, in the rugged mountains of Bulgaria, a brutalist structure that once offered hope to its residents, devastated in the wake of Communism collapse.

An Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film and in Cambodia's capital, a place of learning that was turned into a chamber of horrors.

A crumbling hotel built with stolen oil money located in an Oklahoma town so rich it inspired a Hollywood film. A former school in Cambodia, that became a chamber of horrors used to oppress an innocent population. In Latvia, a Soviet-era radio telescope that intercepted the West's most top-secret communications. And a fantastical construction in Italy, that combined the romance of air travel with renaissance art, and pizza.

A derelict stadium in Lithuania that hosted an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England caught up in a battle between trade unions and the Iron Lady.An ambitious skyscraper with dreams of being a city within a city, that attracted rock ‘n' roll royalty, stands empty in Memphis. And, in eastern Malaysia, a royal vision to preserve the country's heritage has been left to rot in the tropical jungle.

A crumbling hospital complex in Germany that became the site of unspeakable atrocities at the hands of a twisted Nazi Doctor. A lonely rusting giant in Malaysia that reveals a story of colonial greed, conquest and war. In El Paso, Texas, a sprawling farmstead with a hellish reputation for exploiting thousands of men in search of a better life. And, in Northeastern Italy, an Idyllic mountain village, destroyed by mother nature's fury.