The lost colony of Roanoke, settled in the late 1500s, mysteriously vanished without a trace. What happened to these early American colonists remains one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries.

From unexplained phenomena to baffling disappearances, follow the clues while discovering our country’s treasured protected ...

Human history is full of mysteries, from the Ark of the Covenant to the story of Atlantis. But some, like the lost colony of Roanoke, are truly eerie. In the late 1500s, a group of colonists ...

The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the first permanent English settlement in the United States.

The lost colonists of Roanoke left behind a clue about their fate, the word 'Croatoan' carved into a tree. Who were the Croatans? What were their lives like? How can we see this whole story ...

Scott Dawson, the aforementioned author, museum proprietor, and president of the Croatoan Archaeological Society, did not find the buildings or the bodies that once populated the colony at Roanoke.

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

New tests strongly suggest an earring, the most unlikely of artifacts, may be a critical clue about the famous Lost Colony on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

New archaeological evidence shines a light on the story of the now-famous settlers of the Roanoke colony. The new discoveries relate to a local Indigenous community that had ties to the settlers.

The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has captured the imaginations of North Carolinians for centuries. And what actually happened to those colonists remains a mystery, despite so many efforts ...