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Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

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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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • An eye-catching collection of graffiti covered structures that were once a pioneering entertainment attraction now stand derelict in the Mojave Desert; experts investigate and reveal the revolutionary remnants of America's first water park.

  • A curiously designed, windowless building adorned with gold tinted diamond shapes now stands derelict in Tulsa; experts investigate and uncover a controversial religious figure and the headquarters behind a pioneering form of American TV evangelism.

  • A monstrous airplane that helped America reach new, historic heights sits decommissioned in Tucson, Ariz.; experts investigate and reveal one of the most important aircraft of the 20th century and its contribution to the Apollo spaceflight program.

  • A sprawling military facility dotted with bunkers for miles now stands abandoned in the American heartland of Edgemont, S.D.; experts investigate and uncover a once highly-secure WWII ordnance site designed to store deadly munitions.

  • A ghost town shows a revitalization along an iconic American highway.

  • A historic sea vessel rusts in the Delaware River; experts investigate and reveal a passenger liner and the architecture that doubled as a U.S. warship.

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14 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Secrets of the Catskill Game Farm
    The Secrets and Troubles of Cahawba
    Ghosts of Montana State Prison
    Banished From Bisbee
    The Forgotten Soldiers of Camp Naco
    Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town
    Charity Hospital: The Big Easy's Fight for Survival
    Orangeburg: America's Hidden Massacre
    The Aviatrix's Sanctuary
    The Cult of Antelope, Oregon
  • Secrets of the Catskill Game Farm

    A rundown nature park is full of strange secrets and connections; futuristic machines are the forgotten result of a plan to modernize American transit; a subterranean town serves as a refuge in the Wild West.
    Upcoming
  • The Secrets and Troubles of Cahawba

    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; a film studio in Jacksonville, Fla. caters to a new audience.
    Upcoming
  • Ghosts of Montana State Prison

    A Montana small town branded by an infamous jailbreak; how nature trumped greed during an Alaska treasure hunt; a cultural icon from the rough side of New Orleans; the Empire State of the South.
    Upcoming
  • Banished From Bisbee

    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; a leaning Carolina lighthouse becomes part of Civil War history.
    Upcoming
  • The Forgotten Soldiers of Camp Naco

    Forgotten soldiers of the Old West guard a fort at the southern border.
    Upcoming
  • Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town

    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.
    Upcoming
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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.

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Michele Mitchell, Kasper Michaels

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