Empty buildings and infrastructures are full of the echoes of real people and vanished lives, leaving many questions unanswered and mysteries unsolved. We explore the worlds strangest engineering projects that created empty silent cities. We ask why a ruined cold war air base has become a no-go area and how a tiny Japanese mining island become the most over-crowded place on the planet. We find out if the street layout of the Soviet Union's model city become a matter of life or death for its population. And how did Nazi Germany create a huge mind control facility at a holiday resort?
We aim for the stars and find out why unwanted battleship guns allow the United States to gain vital information about the borders of space. We ask how the shattered remains of a secret Nazi base became the first on the path to a new world, with the development of the ground-breaking V2 rocket. We explore a forgotten structure deep in the Arizona desert to ask if it is the true home of America's space programme. And we reveal the bizarre link between a discarded oil drum and a Cold War struggle to survive in zero gravity.
Soaring across some of the widest rivers and deepest valleys on the planet, bridges have always been at the cutting edge of engineering. We travel high into the mountains of the Colorado desert to find out why a hidden engineering masterpiece could disappear at any time. We ask why a stretch of overgrown concrete in a Czech reservoir is known as 'Hitler's bridge'. We find out how the highest bridge in the world collapsed in less than one minute. Finally, we uncover the story behind Cape Town's invisible bridge, which never carried a single vehicle.
Hear about some once-great triumphs of marine engineering, now left to rust. A ship graveyard in Maryland has been colonised by wildlife. And we go inside a Cold War sub.
Quest for Power: Hear about some disused structures that were once at the forefront of power supply, including Kelenfold Power Station in Budapest and Wardenclyffe Tower in New York.
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 2005.
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.
The creation of a set of Second World War sea defences built near the mouth of the River Thames to protect London. Plus, a concrete pyramid build during the Cold War.
An abandoned concrete wall... five strange deserted structures. A lost escape route from nuclear Armageddon... A submerged link to D-day... Once they were at the cutting edge of design and construction, now they lie disused, contaminated and dangerous. But who built them? And why were they abandoned?
Learn about the strange-looking, derelict military facilities in Farnborough, which were once wind tunnels that played a vital role in WWII.
The Canfranc Railway Station is a large and elaborate abandoned Nazi railway station in the Spanish Pyrenees. Why was it built?
Henry Ford's Fordlandia Rubber Town has been left to rot in the Amazon Rainforest, but it was once a symbol of the American dream.
The Georg Thiele was a technological masterpiece, but now it is a shipwreck, lost to the sea after running aground during a naval battle in WWII.
Hidden in the Brazilian jungle is the Petrobras Viaduct, an extraordinary highway that seemingly leads nowhere. Who built it and why?
The programme looks at a mysterious group of rusting ships stranded in an arid desert, a monstrous defensive line on the snow-covered peaks of the Italian Alps, a ghostly collection of buildings, and the sunken remains of a unique vessel.
An abandoned prison beneath the water, a tunnel in the heart of a mountain, concrete towers hidden in the woods and a rusting coastal relic.
Concrete channels hidden in a mountaintop forest, a collapsing bridge, a marooned military base and the upright rusting carcass of ship.
A towering structure with an explosive past, a deserted cityscape, a mysterious top-secret facility and a vast Nazi construction.
A devastated cliff-top ruin, an extraordinarily tall tower, a concrete structure stranded at sea and a heavy metal monster in a field all feature.
Hidden tunnels that saw a city prosper, a sunken wreck with a remarkable past, a concrete wartime dome and a mysterious Cold War building.
A village ruin, pitted and scarred, a ghostly fleet of ships, a bridge to nowhere hidden in a forest and strange metal structures in a wood.
An eerie, empty country village which hides a sad secret, a mysterious tower battered by the elements and a disused railway deep beneath the streets of a city.
A settlement in Argentina destroyed by floods, a town in the US that has been erased, and a Soviet dream-town that turned into a nuclear nightmare.
A seemingly endless concrete line stretching through the French countryside, which sits as a monument to a discarded engineering advancement.
A little-known dark past explains the vast monolithic structures that dominate the small British island of Guernsey.
Projects include a maze of tunnels filled with haunting remains beneath the streets of Paris and a strange formation of domed structures hovering over the waters off Florida.
A town in West Virginia that fell victim to the pace of change when steam trains became obsolete and an underground complex in Italy that had been abandoned for nearly 2,000 years.
Features a ruined compound in Colombia which was once home to Pablo Escobar and alien-looking structures with no apparent purpose, isolated in an empty English marshland in Denge, near Dungeness in Kent. But how and why were they ever built at all, and why are they now left abandoned?
A formerly luxurious and strategic mountain-top villa on the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean that's been ravaged by acts of revenge by locals since 1955.
A strange-looking deserted town with an almost supernatural atmosphere on a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean was in fact an ambitious Soviet mining outpost with a tragic history. Also, a collection of imposing buildings on the southern tip of Australia, the remains of curious-looking basins emerging from the waves in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge and the ruins of a monumental construction project in southern Germany that was a ruthless regime's deadly prototype.
Once they were at the heart of the Communist empire, now they lie abandoned leaving only memories of a time before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now, each haunted shell is ready to reveal its own story. Still standing today, a fierce-looking prison and an innocuous looking office building in Berlin were actually the headquarters of a feared and ruthless organisation - the Stazi. Also, a covert Communist base hid Cold War submarines for Tito, the former leader of Yugoslavia on the island of Vis. A seemingly innocuous sports centre hides a sinister underground bunker. And the former HQ of the Soviet Army in East Germany was a forbidden Soviet city within a city - the vast site in the East of Berlin is still abandoned today but its architecture still impresses and even the statues of Lenin still stand in this visually remarkable, place from another time.
A sprawling Wild West ghost town sits peaceful and abandoned in Montana, USA, but is still haunted by tales of murder, corruption and buried treasure. Also, a cold, dark, underground mountain network that cost the lives of thousands... the crumbling ruins of an English industry that turned poison into profit... a peaceful village that was shattered by the terrors of war.
A vast snowcovered monster in the icy wilderness of southern Alaska, a ruined super structure that overshadows everything around it in and a landscape of confusing and surprising structures that once represented a bold statement of Spain's plans for the future. Plus, a long, winding formation that was once supposed to help defend Hitler's Third Reich. And in Budapest, Hungary, the stripped skeleton of an industrial relic lies rusting away.
A pioneering complex marked by both glory and tragedy that's soon to be lost forever, and towering remains from an industrial age.
The desert town that faced a disaster of biblical proportions. Plus, vast coastal ruins that reveal a past once wiped from history.
The underground base with the power to destroy a nation, the site linked with an attempt to kill a dictator, and an ancient world discovered in the American wilderness.
Claustrophobic prison cells that contain a story worthy of international acclaim, and a vast mountainside complex that held the power to change the world.
A secretive underground base that concealed the power to destroy nations, and a sprawling industrial relic clinging to the edge of an unforgiving waterfall.
Including an exploration of a marooned iron-clad structure in Portland, off the coast of England, that hides a dramatic story of war and resilience; Pratt Cotton Gin Mill, a vast facility in the heart of America's deep south that helped tear apart a nation; and a Mediterranean island fortress at Spinalonga, Greece, that became the scene of a dark conspiracy.
Including an exploration of forgotten relics from the defence of America's homeland, at Fort Jackson, USA, concealed by the banks of the Mississippi River; a concrete behemoth at Lorient Sub Base, on the coast of France, that proved invulnerable to enemy bombardment; and a ghostly ruin at Gwrych that is now home to a haunting presence.
An American prison for the violent and deranged with links to an infamous cult leader, and a cavernous tunnel network in France offering shelter from unrelenting bombardment.
An Albanian village home to Allied secret agents, devastated for resisting the Nazi war machine, and a notorious asylum in America that enforced lobotomies on a terrifying scale.
What happened to an infamous pirate city in Jamaica? Also, a grim gulag in Croatia and a Louisiana plantation caught up in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
Examining a ghost island once belonging to a secretive country on the fringes of Europe. Also, a haunting site in the UK with evidence of strange burial practices.
Within a dense Polish woodland sits a forgotten complex with an explosive history. Also, grand coastal defences in Ghana reveal a tortured past.
A complex of stone buildings near Hadrian's Wall that were built to keep Northern hoards at bay. Also, a top secret military facility in the American Midwest.
A now silent site that played a pivotal role defending the U.S through the 20th century. Plus, a crumbling Italian fortress and a ghostly Ukrainian mansion.
A juggernaut of Soviet engineering which was crucial to the international space race. Deserted Scottish coastal defences and a complex that's crucial to American history.
The mysterious Cachtice Castle home to Elizabeth Bathory, said to have killed over 600 girls and a mysterious structure on the 38th parallel.
A small isolated country littered with strange concrete mushrooms and a secret Japanese facility that was once at the forefront of weapons technology.
A creepy collection of buildings, monuments hidden in a Parisian park and an eerie graveyard of discarded ships strewn along the banks of a mighty river.
An impressive compound commandeered and repurposed by a brutal regime and an eerie complex off the coast of Ireland that became the biggest of its kind.
Legendary film sets with surprising pasts and real locations that inspired Hollywood. Within these decaying structures are the echoes of history.
In North Wales a secret facility which once manufactured mustard gas and enriched uranium lies in ruins. In Malta is a luxurious quarantine facility, that hides a dark secret.
Ruins of a vast industrial ghost town in the United States, a windswept Scottish island and the remains of a resort in Japan that watched a city burn.
An engineering masterpiece carved into the cliff-face, and a long-range beacon that transmitted one of the most infamous messages in American history.
An American desert canyon where fortunes were made and lives were lost, and an island fortress in Scotland with an Achilles heel.
An iron monster lost in the Alaskan tundra, a Crusader fort thrown into a modern conflict, and a prison built to house a mafia kingpin.
A real-life concrete jungle in America's 'Rust Belt', and an industrial facility that brought energy to a remote corner of the world.
A Middle Eastern region littered with ruins and a strange facility in Taiwan that struck fear into the hearts of those who knew its true purpose.
Eerie ruins hiding in the forested hills of Arkansas, USA, and a disintegrating gulag in Albania that housed enemies of the state.
A volcanic island just off Taiwan containing chilling ruins from its darkest era, and a miniature railway that lies forgotten in the woods of Arkansas.
A fairy-tale castle that staged one of the strangest stories of the Second World War and a haunting complex on an old American Frontier.
Bizarrely-shaped huts in India, once home to global superstars, are now eerily quiet and neglected, and a shattered compound in Colombia linked to a criminal mastermind.
The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell.
Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico, and a remote village on Cyprus.
Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.
Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.
Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.
An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.
Exploring a desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, and a doomed top-secret Nazi project.
Featuring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.
Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.
Exploring a dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA, a fairy-tale castle in Poland and AngloSaxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland.
Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.
Exploring the honeymoon home of a young princess and grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the 20th century.
Exploring a once lavish palace in Iraq, the Sathorn Unique, an epic ghost tower in Thailand, and a former sports stadium in Georgia, USA
Exploring the remains of a pioneering industry town in Ohio, a once beautiful Croatian resort bombarded by enemy fire, and an otherworldly garden of Eden in Mexico.
The graffitied remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA with a controversial and unexpected past, forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion on the Western border of Argentina and a mysterious ancient complex built by a devoted Khmer King in the jungles of Cambodia.
Exploring a royal retreat caught in a web of corruption, an engineering marvel hidden behind the Niagara Falls in Canada, and a subterranean treasure.
Exploring 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.
Exploring a British fort that became a bizzare zoo, a brutalist school for Communist top brass and a lost world hides secrets of a vanished people.
Exploring a luxury resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.
Exploring 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.
Exploring 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.
Exploring a complex in Georgia pointing into deep space that almost discovered a signal from aliens.
Exploring Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland, plus ruins of an ancient city in Iraq and a scandal-hit town in New Mexico.
Exploring a military strong-hold in the Philippines, a facility that spawned an American sporting great, and an English relic that hosted a cinematic sensation.
Explore Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town drenched in infamy, the victim of a notorious raid, Alcatraz, a facility famed for breakouts, subjected to a daring break-in, and Sealand, a micronation off the English coast, stormed by a band of mercenaries.
The Tunnels of Gibraltar were a Second World War espionage base hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar. An ingenious US Airforce project that continues to keep us safe is preserved at the Atlas-1 Test Site. At Roghudi Vecchio, an ancient culture is threatened when an Italian town is deserted. At Naissaar, a highly classified Soviet munitions factory is hidden in Estonian forests.
Exploring a series of vaults, hidden from view in Edinburgh, Scotland that tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution. The Old Herring Factory is a remote Icelandic facility that significantly impacted the country’s economy; in the calm waters of Croatia’s Adriatic Sea, Fort Punta is a vast fortification; and in the ruins of an Alaskan battleground at Fort Schwatka Unalaska are the remains of an Alaskan battleground where a foreign invader set foot on American soil for the first time since 1812.
The remains of Chiatura, formerly known as the Venice of the air, an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, were discovered in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Ghost Town in the Sky was an Appalachian dream that conjured the spirit of the old west, left to rot on a North Carolina mountainside. The enormous Guernsey Hospital was constructed when a portion of Britain was under the Nazi yoke. Houtouwan, a simple Chinese island, was involved in a brutal revolution that brought about a tragic period of mass imprisonment and murder.
In a battle decided by a brand-new weapon of war, Agdam, a city in Azerbaijan, was levelled to the ground. In addition, there are two puzzlingly deserted towns in Sicily, a Kansas City Workhouse that seems to have been constructed for the aristocracy, a vast complex in Estonia that inspired a revolution, and more.
An industrial ruin in the Florida Everglades that once took part in the greatest race the human race has ever seen; a community in Indonesia torn apart by a terrifying and deadly unseen force; the graffiti-covered walls of an Ibizan legend hinting at a fun-loving past; and a Bulgarian school hiding an ambitious and covert plan for retaliation.
Exploring 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. A once-opulent theatre in Ohio that brought down the house, an ancient city with a poisonous secret that was only recently revealed, a war-torn shell given new purpose by a blockbuster series, and traces of a massive deception buried across an Italian island are just a few examples of the stories that are told in this episode.
Explores a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague that hides Houska Castle, an eerie keep that has been subject to long-standing rumours that it possesses supernatural powers. The ruins of a massive stadium that promised a valiant sporting victory over western rivals lie in the disputed region of Abkhazia; a mysterious castle rumoured to have supernatural powers is hidden in a dense forest not far from Prague; a luxurious hotel was looted by a cruel warlord in Liberia, West Africa; and the scattered ruins of a settlement in north-central Arizona reveal an ancient one that was given life by a deadly force.
Exploring Serbia, Fort Pike in Louisiana, and a mountainside refuge in Georgia that was revealed to the world by an act of God.
Exploring a grand structure in Hull that was reduced to rubble by Hitler's planes, Casa Albero in Italy, USS Hornet in California and the Sofia tunnels. This episode looks at the Casa Albero in Italy, the USS Hornet in California, and the Sofia tunnels. Also a grand building in Hull that was once the centre of the community was destroyed by Hitler’s planes while those inside were laughing at him on the big screen.
Exploring a decrepit Liberian landmark with American origins, a desolate town in Belgium and a pioneering scientific structure in Cleveland. Doel, a ghost town in Belgium, stands in the shadow of its destroyer. Chacaltaya Ski Resort in Bolivia is a high-altitude retreat that was once a world-class sporting resort but has been robbed of its lifeblood by a global threat. Warner & Swasey, a groundbreaking scientific building in Cleveland, has been rendered obsolete by light pollution.
Exploring the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans that dared to take on the authorities and paid the price and Belgica Fort, built to defend an unlikely treasure. The Dew Drop Inn, a New Orleans music mecca that defied the law and paid the price; Belgica Fort, an epic ruin constructed to protect an unlikely treasure; and the aftereffects of West-81, a military exercise that shook the West to its core.
Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator.
Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia.
Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.
Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.
Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers!
This episode visits Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail in Indiana, a notorious American gunslinger's great escape; Chateau Aubéry on the island of Martinique, where a criminal kingpin wiped out the opposition; and Pulacayo Silver Mine, a sprawling settlement in Bolivia, the scene of an infamous shootout.
Locations include Castel Volturno in Campana in Italy, Victor Colorado in USA, and HMP Shepton Mallet in Somerset.
Exploring Camp Hero in Long Island, a salt mine in Poland, Croatia and Lewisham.
Alps Ski Resort, is a mountainside retreat in Heul-Ri, South Korea in the shadow of a frozen conflict; Pyrenees Defence Organization, a network of defences in Spain, has recently declassified; Apollo Movie Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia is an ornate shrine to Soviet propaganda; and Club Hotel De La Ventana is an Argentinian complex that became a surprising home for some unexpected guests.
This episode explores a country estate in Ireland where family divisions reflected a national struggle and was caught in the crossfire; a supposedly haunted ghost town deep in the Japanese forest, where teenagers test their bravery; a once famed fortress in Georgia lost to the sands of time, brought back from the dead by the discovery of a hoard of treasure; and the tranquil island of Mozambique, said to have inspired a musical legend.
Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells is a Texan retreat, frequented by the rich and infamous; Anchieta is a tropical island complex in Brazil, the scene of a dramatic uprising; McDermott Castle was a magical stronghold that inspired an Irish national hero; and Dosan Seowan Academy is the gateway to a powerful ancient order in South Korea.
Exploring the ruined site of Troy, that helped decode one of the world's most enduring mysteries.
Exploring Seodaemun Prison, a facility in Seoul that helped spawn a legend known as South Korea's Joan of Arc.
In the USA, at the heart of a Miami suburb, lies a strange structure that began as the dream of an American Renaissance man, but soon turned into a nightmare. In the Lebanese capital of Beirut, a high rise famed for its glitz and glamour, is drawn into a brutal conflict that consumed the country. On a quiet English estuary, a marooned vessel once crewed by fun loving pirates becomes the target of armed raiders. And, in Japan, an out-of-place curiosity, caught in a devastating web of corruption.
In the US state of Alabama, a weird and wonderful fantasy land conceived by a visionary with a wild imagination. A place of refuge in Ireland that turned into a house of horrors during a moment of unprecedented national crisis. Scarred ruins strewn across a South Korean city tell of a moment when an outpouring of democratic fervor was met by ruthless repression and a violent crackdown at the hands of a military dictatorship. And, on Namibia's arid skeleton coast, lie scattered traces of a brutal but once vital industry.
In Alabama, the home of a secretive fraternal organization, that would play a part in one of America's greatest moments of change. Hidden in the hostile Tunisian desert lie a vast chain of ruins that once stood in the way of Allied Victory in North Africa until a band of rogue heroes uncovered their weakness. In the Lebanese capital, Beirut, a once lavish complex was scarred by an avoidable tragedy that made headlines around the world. In Greece, an elite institution designed to form the leaders of tomorrow.
This episode explores El Djem Amphitheatre, Tunisia, a colossal dynastic monument that bore witness to violent and bloody spectacle.Also explored: Fort Amador in Panama, a military base on the frontlines of a battle between the United States and a drug-running tyrant that had allegedly once been a CIA asset. In the foothills the Italian Alps, a community built on utopian ideals, in La Serra Ivrea. In the heart of the Polish capital of Warsaw stands Mokotów Prison, a grisly facility that once caged members of a revolutionary movement.
This episode explores Kasbah Telouet, Morocco; Schindler's Ark, Czech Republic; Ariaú Amazon Towers, Brazil; and Rudesdorf, Berlin.In a quiet corner of the Czech Republic, a run-down facility conceals a dramatic story of hope and survival against all odds in the brutal age of Nazi tyranny. High in Morocco's Atlas Mountain range is an imposing and lavish stronghold, once home to a wealthy warlord that stood accused of betraying his country. Deep in the Brazilian rainforest are the remains of an Amazonian paradise, lost to the financial lure of reality Television. And, in Germany a cathedral of industrial that played a pivotal role in building the nation's capital.
This episode visits Newland Park, UK; Pomona, Namibia; Old Essex County Jail, NJ, USA; and Modlin Fortress, Poland. In the state of New Jersey, USA, are the decaying remains of a facility that became a powder keg of injustice that was set to explode. In Poland, an imperial bastion at the heart of a global conflict became the unlikely setting for a unique war movie made by two American filmmakers. A quiet country retreat in England, where members of the establishment chose to harbor wanted radical fugitives who changed the United Kingdom forever. And a remote Namibian outpost built after the discovery of unprecedented riches hidden in the barren desert.
This episode visits Briarcliff Mansion, GA, USA; Nazi Gold Tunnels (Ksi Castle), Poland; Grand Sofar Hotel, Lebanon; and Mount Shannon House, Ireland. Near the Polish city of Wazbrzych, a fairy-tale castle perched on a cliff top conceals a vast subterranean tunnel network linked to an enduring legend of lost Nazi gold. In the American city of Atlanta is a millionaire's mansion, built from the riches of a world-famous business empire, that became entangled in a web of controversy. In Ireland, a country estate that was embroiled in a violent struggle for freedom. And a hedonist paradise in Lebanon that would find itself caught in the crossfire of a nation tearing itself apart.
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.
