A crew searches for a shipwreck loaded with gold and sets off a long legal dispute, a lavish complex in the Catskills attracts many of America's great comics, and a zoo full of metal sculptures marks the spot where war once came to Colorado.

A strange structure in New York becomes a testing ground for Nazi technology; a thriving amusement park is laid to ruins by an unstoppable force of nature; an island becomes a major player in a controversial industry.