coral reefs
Found: A Giant Coral Reef at the Mouth of the Amazon River
Underneath the muddy waters, there was a reef all along.
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libraries
The Rise of Pirate Libraries
Shadowy digital libraries want to hold all the world's knowledge and give it away for free.
roads
Found: A 1902 Motorcycle That May Be the First to Make It Across the U.S.
George A. Wyman's bike has been missing for decades.
islands
Found: A Castaway on an Uninhabited Australian Island
He was very dehydrated.
shipwrecks
Found: An Unusually Pristine, 400-Year-Old Shipwrecked Dress
It was preserved beneath sand.
exploration
Did a Coded Message Lead an American to a Lost Civilization in China?
In 2016, the odds of finding a "lost" civilization or even city seem low.
houses
Found: A Magnificent Roman Villa, Hiding Under a British Backyard
The house would have been three stories tall and occupied by very rich Romans.
cars
Found: A Ferrari Stolen Over 28 Years Ago
It still has only 45,000 miles on it.
secret
The Man Who Got Hillary Clinton To Care About UFOs
The truth is out there, and this is John Podesta's last chance to make it public.
temples
Found: The Lost Grave of One of Mexico's First Catholic Priests
Miguel de Palomares was buried in a repurposed Aztec temple and forgotten.
lakes
Found, With a Robot: A Loch Ness Monster
A man-made version of Nessie was lost decades ago.
art
Found: A Gruesome Painting That May Be an Authentic Caravaggio
It may never be clear who actually painted this version of Holofernes' beheading.
nicola tesla
Victorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant Mirrors
It would have been very, very expensive, though.
architecture
Found: A Massive, Mysterious Rock Sphere in Bosnia
It was made by a totally natural process. Or, people. Or, aliens.
objects of intrigue
Witch Hunting for Dummies: The 15th-Century Witchcraft Manual
Cornell's witchcraft collection has an original copy of the Malleus Maleficarum, an early witch-hunting handbook.
snakes
Found: The Largest Python Ever Captured
She's 26 feet long and a whopping 550 pounds.
science
Found: Isaac Newton's Recipe for the Philosopher's Stone
Alchemy was still cool in Newton's lifetime.
infrastructure
What Are Bollards, and Why Are They So Beautiful?
Once you start looking for bollards, you will find them everywhere.
libraries
Found: A Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio
It was sitting in a library in a Scottish mansion.
witchcraft
Take a Peek at the World’s Greatest Witchcraft Movie Poster Collection
Cornell's collection has more than 600 witchy items.
spies
Found: Unseen Film of Britain's Most Notorious Spy Explaining His Betrayal
Kim Philby spent decades inside MI6, spying for the KGB.
ships
How Black Pepper Won Europe From a Tastier Pepper
Europe fell in love with long pepper before black pepper came to dominate spice cabinets.
news
Found: A New State of Matter
Quantum spin liquid is seen for the first time.
space exploration
This Man-Made ‘Meteor-Wrong’ Fell From Space
It wasn't a meteorite; it was a piece of space trash.
