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San Bernardo, Colombia
Mummies of San Bernardo
No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.
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Mystery 'Metal Starfish' Found Off Rhode Island Coast
Answers will come soon enough.
mystery
The Hunt for a Missing Canadian Lily
The pioneering horticulturist Isabella Preston bred the George C. Creelman lily in 1916. At some point in the 1940s, it seems to have vanished.
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Join the Search for Geedis
One comedian's quest for a fantasy franchise that might never have existed.
Nunavut
Graves of Beechey Island
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Falun, Sweden
Fet-Mats grav (Grave of Fet-Mats)
His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.
cold war
Solving the Decades-Old Mystery of the White Box That Fell From the Sky
David McPherson Sr. suspected the CIA was responsible. He was right.
mystery
School Office Detectives Reunite a 1965 Class Ring With Its Owner
The school was secondary. The solution was elementary.
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Explore the Seafloor With Data Collected During the Search for MH370
The Australian government has released the results of a survey of the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
Havana, Cuba
Viaje FantĂ¡stico
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Stiffy Green
Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.
Heysham, England
'Poet Philosopher & Failure' Gravestone
A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.
Stoneham, Massachusetts
Where Shute Fell
This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.
monkeys
Arizona's (No Longer) Mysterious Monkey Farm
Some guys with drones inspired a day or two of wild speculation, though.
Yelverton, England
Hollowcombe Bottom
The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
Verona, Italy
Whale Bone of Arco della Costa
A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.
mystery
The Floating Man Mystery That Briefly Haunted Southeast England
It was, in fact, an inflatable stormtrooper.
Sweden
On the Way
Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.
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