Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

—Scattered across the United States are abandoned structures, forgotten ruins of the past and monuments to a bygone era that reveal the secrets of a hidden America.

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A worldwide communications facility is taken over by a dangerous cult; a secret arsenal harbors some of the most destructive weapons ever known; an ordinary inn has a history.
A crew searches for a shipwreck loaded with gold and sets off a long legal dispute; a lavish complex in the Catskills attracts many of America's comics; a zoo full of metal sculptures marks the spot where war once came to Colorado.
A company town produces weapons that transform the Wild West; a building complex revolutionizes communications on this world; an old mine bears the scars of a deadly labor conflict; a forest hides the remains of a socialite's mansion.
A strange structure in New York becomes a testing ground for Nazi technology; a thriving amusement park is laid to ruins by an unstoppable force of nature; an island becomes a major player in a controversial industry.
A research facility spawns new technology with earth-shattering implications; a coastal haven for African Americans changes the nation; a forgotten fortress fights off a Nazi submarine; a staunch building stands firm on San Francisco's darkest day.
The remains of Idaho's nuclear industry mark a new era of American history; a distillery in rural Kentucky revolutionizes liquor; a New England settlement prospers despite prejudice; subterranean chambers produce many of the nation's monuments.
A desert facility trains a nuclear strike force; a church becomes a sanctuary from racial violence; an old military building spawns a creature that haunts a small town.
A brewery in the Pacific Northwest sustains prospectors during the Gold Rush; a Wyoming mining settlement descends into lawlessness; a murder in a small Mississippi town sparks a revolution.
A military base trains soldiers in modern warfare to help defeat the Nazis; a suburban basement becomes a major cog in the Detroit bootlegging scene; a brave woman leads a labor union against organized crime.

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A research facility spawns new technology with earth-shattering implications; a coastal haven for African Americans changes the nation; a forgotten fortress fights off a Nazi submarine; a staunch building stands firm on San Francisco's darkest day.
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A rural town in Oregon is invaded by an eccentric cult, a battered building in Florida plays a major role in the cigar trade, and a junkyard palace in New Jersey becomes the subject of controversy and rumors of the supernatural.
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The remains of Idaho's nuclear industry mark a new era of American history; a distillery in rural Kentucky revolutionizes liquor; a New England settlement prospers despite prejudice; subterranean chambers produce many of the nation's monuments.
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The notorious owner of this Georgia plantation once held a sale of nearly 450 enslaved people; appalled at her husband's cruelty, the man's wife wrote and published a journal about the atrocities she witnessed.
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An upstart mining town fuels the American war effort in both World Wars with its bountiful deposits of lead and zinc; the dusty remains of the mining efforts that put Picher on the map would condemn the city to abandonment years later.
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Scattered across the United States are abandoned structures, forgotten ruins of the past and monuments to a bygone era that reveal the secrets of a hidden America.

Michele Mitchell, Kasper Michaels

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