A slice of the Miami suburbs stands out for its style and history; a hotel in Lebanon carries the scars of a civil war; a pirate radio station gets a mixed reception.

New Jersey jail is overwhelmed by a wave of anger; a Polish stronghold becomes a tool for WW1 propaganda; an English country retreat provides safe harbor for fugitives.

A fantasy land lies in the heart of Alabama; a place of refuge in Ireland becomes a house of horrors; a South Korean city is scarred by a violent crackdown; traces of a brutal industry remain along the arid Namibian coast.

Desert bunkers in Tunisia block Allied victory in Africa; the pride of one Alabama community is born out of a harsh reality; a Lebanese complex is rocked by a massive explosion; the remains of an elite institution still stand in Greece.

A stronghold in Panama defends a prized American possession; a mad scientist shares an herbal remedy from his hilltop castle; a ghostly German railroad divides a fractured city, and a Bulgarian mountain retreat offers hope to its residents...

A military base in Panama becomes a battleground between American forces and a drug-running tyrant; a life cut short in Italy turns a utopian dream into a nightmare; a grisly Polish facility finds itself caught between two regimes.

A place of hope in the Czech Republic quietly perseveres in the age of Nazi tyranny; a Moroccan politician sides with the French; an eco-friendly paradise in the Amazon proves to be unsustainable.

Ksiaz Castle in Poland becomes entwined in the hunt for a lost Nazi gold train; Asa "Buddy" Candler, Jr., heir to Coca-Cola, gets caught in a web of controversy involving Briarcliff Mansion near Atlanta, Georgia; and Mountshannon House, an estate in County Limerick, is embroiled in Ireland's fight for freedom.