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An unassuming factory marks a revolutionary leap forward -- and upward -- in how humans travel; due to ongoing legal battles and innovative designs from their many competitors, these historic upstarts would soon be grounded.

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

The Wright Brothers: Cleared for Takeoff

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.

Butler Island Plantation: The South's Dark Secret

At a nondescript bowling alley in South Carolina, evidence of a peaceful student protest that turned deadly comes to light; a series of tunnels in L.A. becomes a shady place for resourceful people in this sunny city.

Orangeburg: America's Hidden Massacre

A railroad enterprise once built this company town for its workers to live in, but when thousands of employees went on strike, the military intervened; the history of the complex remains as relevant as ever.

Pullman, Chicago: The Town That Paralyzed the Nation

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.

Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town

A beloved hospital in the Big Easy was once the site of heroic efforts by medical staff and volunteers to evacuate patients after Hurricane Katrina; the historic Charity Hospital is being revitalized by another major New Orleans institution.

Charity Hospital: The Big Easy's Fight for Survival

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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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