Exploration mysteries
Missing U.S. Kayaker Faked Own Death and Fled to Eastern Europe
BY JUAN HERNANDEZ
Ryan Borgwardt was reported missing on August...
Exploration Mysteries: Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen
In 1919, Peter Tessem could not bear his chronic...
Exploration Mysteries: The Ghastly Tale of the ‘Ourang Medan’
In June 1947, the American vessel Silver Star pulled alongside...
Exploration Mysteries: Did King Solomon’s Mines Really Exist?
In 1934, an archaeologist was digging in the Timna...
Scientists Grapple to Explain Mysterious ‘Skyquake’ Noises Heard Across the World
Across the globe, people are reporting loud banging and...
Exploration Mysteries: What Happened to Skara Brae?
Frozen in time, abandoned for 4,500 years, and under...
DNA Researchers Identify Cannibalized Remains From Lost Franklin Expedition
Another piece of the Franklin Expedition puzzle has dropped...
Exploration Mysteries: The Troublesome End of Meriwether Lewis
On Oct. 11, 1809, in a small inn named...
Exploration Mysteries: Lost City of the Kalahari
In 1885, tightrope walker-turned-explorer William Leonard Hunt was searching...
Exploration Mysteries: The Giants of Patagonia
Explorers and mapmakers called uncharted lands Terra Incognita. Though...
Exploration Mysteries: The Sea Peoples
Black-flagged ships sailed up the Nile, bringing mysterious seafarers...
Exploration Mysteries: The Marfa Lights
There's something spooky happening way out in the desert,...
Exploration Mysteries: Newton Stone
Mysterious writing. No author. Enigmatic etchings that don't make...
The Spirits Known as ‘Zangbeto’ That Safeguard African Villages
Law and order runs a bit differently in Benin,...
1924 Everest Anniversary Reignites Rumors: Did the Chinese Remove Irvine’s Body?
A hundred years ago this spring, George Mallory and...
