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Mysteries of the Abandoned

This looks like something that came outof the mind of Dr. Seuss, not any kindof normal...

This looks like something that came out
of the mind of Dr. Seuss, not any kind
of normal architect. [narrator] Year after year,
Campana continued to defy the odds
and his prognosis. [Meigs]
Fortunately for Campana,
his doctors were wrong, and that gave him years and that gave him years to keep adding on
to his fantasy town, kinda making it up
as he went along, he would come up
with all kinds of crazy ideas and send his builders
to work on it. But over time,
he patched together this really remarkable
little fantasy land

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This looks like something
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that came out of the mind of Dr. Seuss,
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not any kind of normal architect.
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[narrator] Year after year, Campana continued
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to defy the odds and his prognosis.
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[Meigs] Fortunately for Campana, his doctors were wrong,
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and that gave him years
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and that gave him years
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to keep adding on to his fantasy town,
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kinda making it up as he went along,
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he would come up with all kinds of crazy ideas
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and send his builders to work on it.
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But over time, he patched together
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this really remarkable little fantasy land.
Duration
36 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:29
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E11 At the height of production, the factory was producing - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
At the height of production, the factory was producing
S09 • E01 [translator] Nadir Shah was defeated here - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[translator] Nadir Shah was defeated here
S09 • E09 [Liam] His name's Putz. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Liam] His name's Putz.
S09 • E07 Into holding tanks and then been pumped out for general public use. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
Into holding tanks and then been pumped out for general publ...
S09 • E12 As you can see, this not only served as a dining room, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
As you can see, this not only served as a dining room,
S09 • E13 [narrator] Beyond simply rehousing people, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] Beyond simply rehousing people,
S09 • E14 [speaking foreign language] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[speaking foreign language]
S09 • E04 Even in its state of disrepair, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
Even in its state of disrepair,
S09 • E16 [narrator] And climate change was a major factor - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
[narrator] And climate change was a major factor
S09 • E08 And even though it was spectacular, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
And even though it was spectacular,
S09 • E12 The lack of tall trees in the area, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
The lack of tall trees in the area,
S09 • E10 So, in 1972, they built - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
So, in 1972, they built
S09 • E07 [narrator] Unseen bacteria in the water could prove deadly. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] Unseen bacteria in the water could prove deadly.
S09 • E09 He was sent to the jail down at the bottom in the north tower here. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
He was sent to the jail down at the bottom in the north towe...
S09 • E15 [Bell] All those tour operators - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Bell] All those tour operators
S09 • E17 Many people lost their lives for freedom. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
Many people lost their lives for freedom.
S09 • E22 But what happened was - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
But what happened was
S09 • E11 [narrator] But it soon became clear that there was a problem. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[narrator] But it soon became clear that there was a problem...
S09 • E18 And then we have our triage room at the end, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
And then we have our triage room at the end,
S09 • E01 [Dominic] Rumor has it that he left his vast treasures of his campaign gold - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Dominic] Rumor has it that he left his vast treasures of hi...