Lost Tribes

Miami Circle in Miami-Dade, Florida
Miami-Dade, Florida

Miami Circle

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time

Property developer Michael Bauman was in for a real surprise when he purchased a plot of land in downtown Miami in 1998... »

Incredible Ruins | Submitted by anhie nguyen

"El Gigante" the unfinished but largest of the Maoi - "El Gigante" and the stone Moai of Easter Island in Chile, South America
Chile, South America

"El Gigante" and the stone Moai of Easter Island

The largest stone Moai on Easter Island

One of the first realizations one has about Easter Island is it's not an archipelago. There are no other islands surrounding it, no in all directions is nothing but empty ocean, for greater distances than from any other inhabited island on Earth... »

Unusual Monuments | Submitted by LongNow

Split Globe Model - Koreshan State Historic Site in Florida, US
Florida, US

Koreshan State Historic Site

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the Universe exists in a hollow sphere

Cyrus Reed Teed was an eclectic physician whose experiments in alchemy often involved dangerously high levels of electricity. In one such experiment in 1869, Teed was electrocuted so badly that he blacked out... »

Hoaxes and Pseudoscience | Submitted by anhie nguyen

Jars scattered throughout the area - Plain of Jars in Laos, Asia
Laos, Asia

Plain of Jars

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin

The Plain of Jars is an collection of large stone jars interspersed throughout the Xieng Khouang plain in the Lao Highlands... »

Incredible Ruins | Submitted by anhie nguyen

Hummingbird - Nazca lines, Peru in Departamento de Ica, Peru
Departamento de Ica, Peru

Nazca lines, Peru

Giant ancient line art, drawn in the Peruvian desert, so large the can only be fully seen from the sky

The Nazca lines are legendary. Stretching across 400 square miles of high arid plateau are drawings of hundreds of figures... »

Lost Tribes | Submitted by Anonymous

Newgrange Passage Tomb Entrance - Newgrange in Ireland, Europe
Ireland, Europe

Newgrange

The ancient druidic passage tomb that keeps perfect time

Newgrange is one of a number of ancient tombs in the Boyne Valley in the Irish county of Meath, north of Dublin. Built circa 3200 BC, it predates Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza. A passage tomb, Newgrange was built with astronomical alignment... »

Astounding Timepieces | Submitted by cha

Hotel Sidi Driss in

Hotel Sidi Driss

Original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from Star Wars trilogy

Hotel Sidi Driss should be on a map of every hard core Star War fan. It is the place where many of the most memorable scenes of the saga were filmed and fans will no doubt recognize Luke Skywalker's childhood home on the planet of Tatooine... »

Subterranean Sites | Submitted by stanestane

Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands in Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands

The most isolated tribe on earth

If any group of people qualifies for the term "lost tribe" it is the Sentinelese... »

Lost Tribes | Submitted by stanestane

One of the famous reed islands on the world's highest navigable lake. - The Uros People of Lake Titicaca in Peru, South America
Peru, South America

The Uros People of Lake Titicaca

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca

On Lake Titicaca, one ancient people, the Uros, live on islands made of living reeds that float around the lake... »

Eccentric Homes | Submitted by Henry

A member of the John Frum Army. - Cargo Cults of Tanna in Tanna, Vanuatu
Tanna, Vanuatu

Cargo Cults of Tanna

A Melanesian tribe that worships an American soldier from World War II

Cargo cults tend to refer to any primitive society who revere the goods, or cargo, of first world countries as spiritual gifts... »

Rites and Rituals | Submitted by tralfamadore