Mysteries of History
In the 1580s, this place was deserted by settlers for unknown reasons and remains one of the largest mysteries in colonial American history.
What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
In 1518, hundreds of people in Strasbourg experienced a bizarre epidemic that caused them to uncontrollably perform this activity for days.
What is dancing?
This Massachusetts woman involved in a historical murder mystery has a children's rhyme written about her.
Who is Lizzie Borden?
In 1932, the Australian military launched an unsuccessful campaign involving machine guns against this large, flightless bird.
What is an emu?
The place involved in this historical mystery was once dubbed "the eighth wonder of the world" and was lost due to the Nazis in World War II.
What is The Amber Room?
In 1919, a massive storage tank burst in Boston, sending over two million gallons of this thick, sticky substance flooding through the streets, killing 21 people.
What is molasses?
The ship involved in this maritime historical mystery was found abandoned without its 10 passengers, and has an 1884 short story and 1935 movie based off it.
What is The Mary Celeste?
In 1859, the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war after an American farmer on San Juan Island shot this animal for eating his potatoes.
What is a pig?
The place in this historical mystery was where the deaths of 9 experienced Soviet skiers occurred under mysterious circumstances that have never been resolved.
What is the Dyatlov Pass?
In 1325, soldiers from the Italian city-state of Modena seized this ordinary household object from rival Bologna as a war trophy, inspiring the nickname of one of medieval Italy’s strangest conflicts.
What is a bucket?