Legends of lost cities have lured explorers into jungles, mountains and swamps for centuries, yet some of the most famous places in historical texts remain stubbornly unfound. Archaeologists now ...

Straight out of an Indiana Jones movie, National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin is on a mission to unlock the secrets of lost cities from ancient civilizations. From the remote cave systems of Oman to ...

A team of archaeologists in Jordan believes it has finally located the lost Byzantine city of Tharais, using clues hidden in ...

Author Sharron Messenger has sold more than seven million copies of her books around the world, delighting young readers with her award-winning series, Keeper of the Lost Cities and The Sky Fall ...

Keefe Sencen is a key character in Shannon Messenger’s Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Since the first book in the fantasy series released in 2012, his character has taken all kinds of delicious ...

Florida history and tracking Palm Beach County towns through time Historian and Palm Beach County native Ginger Pedersen started a list of defunct place names on her Palm Beach Past.org blog, after ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2023. Paradise. Mount Misery. Jumbo. Caviar. Paisley and Penny Pot, Timbuctoo, Tumble and Turpentine. New Jersey’s long-lost towns have faded from ...

Coronado’s expedition was unable to find the Seven Cities of Gold. Yet his men explored a vast expanse of the American interior.