Mysteries of the Abandoned

An elaborate stadium in Lithuania hosts an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England gets caught in a heated labor dispute.

A town in Oklahoma is transformed by the discovery of oil fields and a former school in Cambodia becomes the site of crimes against humanity.

A German house of healing becomes a place of evil and a tin mine out in the jungle becomes the object of colonial interests,.

A ghost town in Sicily has deep roots in organized crime and an obscure asylum in Pennsylvania shocks America and inspires a revolution.

An old compound in Texas bears the scars of a violent revolution and a secret facility outside Berlin is used by a dictator to escape justice.

A Nazi concentration camp gets used for a grotesque publicity stunt, Oscar Wilde is imprisoned after a well-publicized trial and a building in Memphis intended to protect becomes a symbol of corruption.

A remote site in Arkansas plays a major role in a high-stakes Cold War drama, an ancient ruin in Cambodia is ravaged by one man's cruel deception and a French fort becomes the symbol of a heroic but doomed resistance.

Palatial ruins in Philadelphia symbolize an industrial golden age, a remote outpost in France is thrust to the frontlines of World War II and a palazzo right off the Italian coast becomes a prison for mob bosses.