Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

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.

A Revolutionary leader visits Alabama's first capital and leaves it bankrupt, an Oregon fort refuses to engage an enemy submarine during World War II, and a film studio in Jacksonville caters to a new audience.

Forgotten soldiers of the Old West guard a fort at the southern border, pirates plunder a major salmon provider, a mountaintop hotel hosts both presidents and revolutionaries, and an American legend springs from a humble Alabama home.

A labor strike in an Arizona mining town ends in a mass kidnapping and deportation, a unique homesteading community gets its start in the Old West, and a leaning Carolina lighthouse becomes part of Civil War history.

A run-down nature park is full of strange secrets and connections, futuristic machines are the forgotten result of a plan to modernize American transit, and a subterranean town serves as a refuge in the Wild West.

The National Guard puts down a prison riot in the Great Plains, an abandoned mining facility in Alaska marks a pivotal chapter in the gold rush, and a national icon learns his trade on a forgotten street in the Big Easy.

An old mining town in Wyoming provides sanctuary for Amelia Earhart, a hotel in the Deep South becomes a historical crossroads, and a forgotten Connecticut theater hides secrets beneath the surface.