Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America Show Summary, Upcoming Episodes and TV Guide

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.

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 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.

An unassuming factory marks a revolutionary leap forward - and upward - in how humans travel. The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) established this aircraft factory in 1909 in Dayton, Ohio. Due to ongoing legal battles and innovative designs from their many competitors, these historic upstarts would soon be grounded.

At the All-Star Bowling Lane, a nondescript bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina, evidence comes to light of a peaceful student protest for desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement in 1968 that turned deadly - the Orangeburg Massacre. A series of tunnels beneath the King Eddy Saloon in Los Angeles, California, becomes a shady place for resourceful people in this sunny city that involves bootlegging during 1920s Prohibition.

An upstart mining town fuels the American war effort in both World Wars with its bountiful deposits of lead and zinc. The dusty pollution from the mining efforts that put Picher, Oklahoma, on the map, plus sinkholes from collapsing tunnels, would condemn the city to abandonment years later.

The SS United States, a historic sea vessel once considered the pinnacle of American engineering, now rusts in the Delaware River at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Experts investigate the fastest passenger liner ever constructed and a masterpiece of marine architecture that doubled as a U.S. warship.

A sprawling military facility dotted with bunkers for miles now stands abandoned in the American heartland of Edgemont, South Dakota. Experts investigate and uncover the Black Hills Ordinance Depot, a once highly-secure WWII ordnance site designed to store deadly munitions.

The Abundant Life Building, a curiously designed, windowless building adorned with gold-tinted diamond shapes, now stands derelict in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Experts investigate and uncover the controversial religious figure Oral Roberts and the headquarters behind his pioneering form of American TV evangelism.