History Mysteries
This famous American pilot disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This 1803 land deal with France nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
In 2016, this Chicago team won its first World Series championship in 108 years.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
Ancient Egyptians developed this system of writing that used picture-like symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
This continent is technically the largest desert on Earth.
What is Antarctica?
This legendary city was said to have sunk beneath the ocean and has been searched for by explorers for centuries.
What is Atlantis?
Thousands of settlers traveled west during the 1800s on this famous trail that ended in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This Yankees star set an MLB record by getting a hit in 56 consecutive games in 1941.
Who is Joe DiMaggio?
According to legend, this city was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.
What is Rome?
This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight.
What is a bat?
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists mysteriously disappeared from this settlement, leaving behind the word “CROATOAN.”
What is Roanoke?
This 1804–1806 expedition was sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired western United States and find a route to the Pacific.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
This famous 37-foot-tall left-field wall at Fenway Park has challenged hitters since 1912.
What is the Green Monster?
This Macedonian king created a huge empire stretching from Greece to India before dying at only 32 years old.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This planet is so large that more than 1,000 Earths could fit inside it.
What is Jupiter?
The true purpose of this prehistoric stone monument in England remains a mystery, although it may have been used for ceremonies or astronomy.
What is Stonehenge?
This 1863 Pennsylvania battle was the deadliest battle of the Civil War and a major Union victory.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The first modern World Series was played in 1903, when the Boston Americans defeated this National League team.
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Ancient Egyptians preserved dead bodies using this process because they believed the body was needed in the afterlife.
What is mummification?
This enormous animal has a tongue that can weigh as much as an elephant.
What is the blue whale?
The 1922 discovery of this young Egyptian pharaoh's nearly untouched tomb led to stories that a mysterious "mummy's curse" struck those who entered it.
Who is King Tutankhamun (King Tut)?
Completed in 1869, the first transcontinental railroad was joined with a golden spike in this U.S. territory, now a state.
What is Utah?
This Pittsburgh Pirates legend recorded exactly 3,000 career hits before his death in a plane crash in 1972.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
This ancient civilization built the city of Chichén Itzá and developed an advanced calendar and writing system in Mesoamerica.
Who were the Maya?
This tiny country located entirely within the city of Rome is the smallest independent nation in the world.
What is Vatican City?