Fremont, California
Berkeley Mystery Walls
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
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Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Freetown, Massachusetts
This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.
Berkley, Massachusetts
A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Miami, Florida
A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.
Lecce, Italy
One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Nampa, Idaho
A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Parowan, Utah
Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.
Heath, Massachusetts
A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Stenness, Scotland
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.