Mount Athos: Greece's 1,000-Year Ban on Women
A stone's throw from Greece's mainland, the isolated monks of Mount Athos haven't laid eyes on a woman in over a millen…
Marlon James' Novel The Disappears: Homophobia in Jamaica
In 1988 Kingston, a group of gay men risked everything to stage a play, while anti-gay sentiment was widespread. Marlon…
Centralia Pennsylvania's Burning Streets
In the midst of the coal-rich mountains of Pennsylvania, a town has been burning for six decades. The streets of Centra…
India's Unopened Vault B: Legend and Mystery
A vault in India holds over one billion dollars in untouched treasure, with no conventional locks. The legend of Vault…
Peruvian Mummies: Chauquilla Cemetery's Ancient Burials
In the Peruvian desert, hundreds of ancient mummies sit upright. Ancient burial sites hold these remarkably preserved r…
China's Mysterious Hand-Carved Cave System
Beneath a Chinese hill, 24 vast chambers with parallel chisel marks lie untouched for 2,000 years, carved by human hand…
Tayos Cave Mystery and Neil Armstrong's Expedition
In 1969, a cave explorer claimed to find a metallic bookshelf filled with ancient gold books in Ecuador’s Tayos Cave. T…
Japan's Mysterious Underwater Ruins
A diver in 1986 encountered a 25-meter-tall stone structure off Japan's coast, featuring flat terraces and straight wal…
Kazakhstan's Mysterious Giant Shapes
Beneath the expanses of Kazakhstan, 260 mysterious giant shapes lie hidden, only visible from above. Created 8,000 year…
Mystery of Egypt's Desert Glass
Egypt's mysterious desert glass — striking, pure silica remnants scattered across the Libyan desert — has stumped scien…
Mysterious Giant Stone Circles in Jordan and Syria
Drone footage over the Jordanian desert reveals a 400-meter-wide circle, one of several puzzling stone structures in Jo…
Barabar Caves' Ancient Polishing Technique
The Barabar Caves in India feature walls polished to a mirror-like sheen over 2,300 years ago. Ancient craftsmen achiev…