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History's Mysteries

2.0m views10 Mysterious Ancient Inventions Science Still Can't ExplainGoogling "mysterious ancient discoveries" or "unexplained ancient inventions" leads to dozens of sites listing artifacts supposedl...

Historical Figures

7.5k voters12 Historical Figures Whose Identities Are Still A MysteryIt might seem counterintuitive to call someone a famous historical figure when we don't actually know their name. But in these str...

2.3m views10 Mysterious And Creepy Items Discovered At Jamestown, VirginiaJamestown, VA, is the site of the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Established in 1607, the colony was initial...

1.4m views17 Eerie And Incredible Unsolved Ancient Mysteries From Around The WorldAt last count, the world contained about 7.4 billion people. That's quite a lot already, and it's impossible to say exactly how ma...

1.6k votersHistorians Reveal History's Best Kept SecretsThough people pretend it's written in stone, history features tons of famous mysteries - many of which remain unsolved. From the l...

6.2k votersFamous Mysteries With Scientific ExplanationsAs human beings, we are always observing our world and trying to make sense of it. Traditionally, whenever we encounter something ...

Michael Rockefeller

425.6k viewsIn 1961, Michael Rockefeller Vanished Forever Off The Coast Of A Remote IslandIn 1961, Michael Rockefeller went missing on the island of New Guinea. The 23-year-old heir to the Rockefeller fortune was gone wi...

496.8k viewsThe Haunting Corpse Of Lady Dai Is The Most Perfect Mummy In Existence - And You Can Visit Her TodayIn 1971, workers were excavating an air raid shelter in Changsha, China, when they uncovered an archaeological find that fascinate...

4.9k votersMysteries We Just Learned About That Actually Have AnswersWhat makes for a good mystery? Is it the seemingly unsolvable puzzle? Or is it the catharsis that comes when it's finally solved? ...

3.7k votersUnexplained Mysteries Throughout History That Were Finally SolvedPart of the allure of enduring mysteries is that they don't have answers - and in the absence of answers, anything is possible. St...

4.1k votersMysteries That Made Us Have To Sleep With A Nightlight OnWho doesn't love a good mystery? Unlike the latest whodunnits, gritty detective series, or local mysteries that have been solved, ...

Unspeakable Times

111.3k viewsThe Haunting Circumstances Around The Infamous Lindbergh Baby KidnappingThe 1932 kidnapping and death of the then almost-two-year-old Charles "Charlie" Lindbergh was the stuff of tragic melodrama. The c...

117.4k viewsThe Mysterious Beale Ciphers Inspired A Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt That’s Still OngoingThe mysterious concept of buried treasure is nothing new, and has continued to draw the attention of curious adventurers since tim...

5.8k votersBaffling Medical Mysteries That Defy All LogicWhile many medical conditions are well known and easy to diagnose, others remain total mysteries. Some cases might seem mundane at...

5.2k voters17 Historical Mysteries People Would Really Like Answers ToFrom prehistory through modern-day occurrences, history offers some pretty fascinating stories and information. It also, as often ...

Edgar Allan Poe

111.7k viewsTo This Day, No One Knows How Edgar Allan Poe DiedEdgar Allan Poe, famous for short stories like “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” was a master of mystery and horror. Poe’s li...

2.2k voters10 Medieval Mysteries We'd Really Like To SolveSpeculation about history can be fun. Asking questions, getting answers - there's some satisfaction that comes from both sides of ...

211k views10 'Ghost Ships' That Mysteriously Disappeared At Sea & Were Never FoundHumans are fascinated by stories of ghost ship disappearances. Why? Because humans are drawn to tales that leave us without answer...

29.1k viewsRising Soul Singer Sam Cooke Perished Under Mysterious Circumstances In 1964 And The Case Is Still UnsolvedIn 1964, the US became more involved in the Vietnam conflict, the Beatles caused women all over the world to scream wildly, and Co...

318.2k viewsThe Chilling True Story Of The Flannan Isles Disappearance, The Inspiration For 'The Vanishing'Off the northwest coast of Scotland is a small chain of islands called the Hebrides. At its outer edges is a cluster of islands, t...