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.

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.

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.

An old compound in Texas bears the scars of a violent revolution; a secret facility outside Berlin is used by a dictator to escape justice; the estate of an aristocrat becomes a stronghold for the IRA.

A ghost town in Sicily has deep roots in organized crime; an obscure asylum in Pennsylvania shocks America and inspires a revolution; a mansion in Ireland becomes embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping plot.

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A German house of healing becomes a place of evil, a tin mine out in the jungle becomes the object of colonial interests, and a remote complex in Texas has a long history stemming from America's relationship with Mexico.

A town in Oklahoma is transformed by the discovery of oil fields; a former school in Cambodia becomes the site of crimes against humanity; a remote radar facility in Latvia symbolizes the threat of nuclear warfare that characterized the Cold War.

An elaborate stadium in Lithuania hosts an unlikely Cold War matchup; an industrial relic in England gets caught in a heated labor dispute; a gothic-style tower in Memphis attracts rock and roll royalty.