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Exploration Mysteries: Beale Ciphers

Straight out of a National Treasure movie, the Beale...
March 1, 2024
close shot of the sole of Mallory's boot.

1924 Everest Anniversary Reignites Rumors: Did the Chinese Remove Irvine’s Body?

A hundred years ago this spring, George Mallory and...
February 23, 2024
Isles of Scilly from space.

Exploration Mysteries: Lyonesse

“And ever pushed Sir Mordred, league by league, back...
February 17, 2024
map

Exploration Mysteries: Doggerland

Did you ever wonder how Britain separated from the...
February 13, 2024
Plain of Jars

Exploration Mysteries: Plain of Jars

Once upon a time, giants roamed the foothills of...
February 1, 2024
La Pérouse and King Louis XVI.

Exploration Mysteries: Jean Francois de Galaup

The mutiny on HMS Bounty overshadowed an even stranger...
January 23, 2024
illustration of lost city under ocean

Exploration Mysteries: Lemuria

I first heard of the name Lemuria from Ray...
December 10, 2023
planets crashing

Exploration Mysteries: Theia Impact

Almost since the beginning of the solar system, Earth...
December 9, 2023
Shambhala

Exploration Mysteries: Shambhala

It has many names -- Shangri-La, Eden, The Land...
November 22, 2023
Noah's ark

Exploration Mysteries: Noah’s Ark

It was one of the first stories I ever...
November 14, 2023
valley and mountains

Exploration Mysteries: Parvati Valley Disappearances

With its natural beauty and Lost Horizon feel that...
October 30, 2023
bog body

Exploration Mysteries: Bocksten Man

The Bocksten Man is one of the world's oldest...
September 28, 2023
crater

Natural Wonders: Patomskiy Crater

Deep in the forests of southeastern Siberia, the Patomisky...
September 22, 2023
ai-generated painting of a medieval woman

Exploration Mysteries: Tea Tephi

Only 66,000 search results: Most are obscure genealogy websites...
September 7, 2023
Excalibur

Exploration Mysteries: Who Was King Arthur?

Glastonbury Abbey was everything I had imagined it to...
September 1, 2023
Overtoun Bridge and House.

Overtoun Bridge: Where Dogs Jump To Their Death

Since the 1950s, a small, picturesque village in Scotland...
August 30, 2023
north sentinel island

Exploration Mysteries: North Sentinel Island

In the Andaman archipelago, in the Bay of Bengal,...
August 25, 2023
gold bar pile

Exploration Mysteries: The Nazi Gold Train

Could one of Europe's largest treasure troves be hidden...
August 18, 2023
lonely whale in the sea

Exploration Mysteries: The World’s Loneliest Whale

Since the 1980s, a lonely call has echoed through...
July 3, 2023
human skeleton

The Alien of the Atacama

Deep in the Atacama Desert, the once bustling mining...
June 7, 2023
titanic 3D image

New Photos of the Titanic as You’ve Never Seen It

You'd be forgiven for thinking — as I did...
May 19, 2023
Bluish underwater view of part of the monument.

Exploration Mysteries: Yonaguni Monument

Called “Japan’s Atlantis,” the Yonaguni Monument has provoked immense...
April 27, 2023
wooden tablet with lettering

Exploration Mysteries: Rongorongo, the Hieroglyphics of Easter Island

Because of Easter Island's remote location at the edge...
April 2, 2023
geoglyph

Exploration Mysteries: Marree Man

While flying between the Outback towns of Marree and...
March 29, 2023

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