Human history is full of mysteries, from the Ark of the Covenant to the story of Atlantis. But some, like the lost colony of ...

"It's funny that people still pretend that the colonists carved a mysterious word on a tree — 'Croatoan' — and no one knows ...

The mystery of "The Lost Colony" of Roanoke has been a centerpiece of North Carolina history and lore for generations, but ...

Outer Banks Voice The first drops started to fall from a heavy sky as audience members on Thursday night settled into their seats at Waterside Theatre for Opening Night of the ...

The basic beats of the story behind the Lost Colony of Roanoke go something like this: In the late 16th century, a group of English colonists settled on an island off the coast of modern-day North ...

The plume from Roanoke Island “put us in good hope that some of the colony were there expecting my return out of England,” he wrote later. Three years had passed since the governor had set out ...

Appointed governor of the fledgling Roanoke colony by Sir Walter Raleigh, White was returning from England with desperately needed supplies. But when he stepped ashore on August 18, 1590 ...

The Lost Colony of Roanoke is one of the United States’ most enduring mysteries. An amateur archaeologists claims to have discovered proof of what happened to the colony members who completely ...

The 16th-century map provides insights into the fate of the settlers who formed the so-called Lost Colony of Roanoke. This small settlement of more than 100 English colonists was founded on ...