Lost Tribes

Liang Bua cave

Real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia

A new "hobbit" species of human was found in the remote Indonesian cave of Liang Bua. This limestone cave has yielded some of the most important finds in modern anthropology. The remains of two... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by bradenh83 and Nicholas Jackson

Kasol: Little Israel of the Himalayas

Remote town home to Himachalis, Israelis, and tons of hashish

Kasol, a remote village situated on the banks of the raging Parvati River between Bhuntar and Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh, India, has long served as the main headquarters for backpackers and... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and 2 others

Troglodyte Village

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris

Tucked away in the remote northwest corner of Iran is a village where residents live as modern-day cave dwellers. Current residents of Kandovan, a tourist village in the province of East... »

Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Lost Tribes, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

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. The Uros people have been living on the lake for hundreds of years—they were... »

Anomalous Islands, Lost Tribes, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Henry and Dylan

Aramu Muru

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway"

In the early 1990s, mountaineering guide Jose Luis Delgado Mamani was exploring the Peruvian countryside when he came across an area where the rock had been smoothed to a flat surface and adorned... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and wythe

Pyramids of Paratoari

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru

In 1976 NASA satellite photograph number C-S11-32W071-03 showed something very odd in the middle of southeast Peru's dense jungle: evenly spaced pyramid like objects lined up in seemingly neat... »

Geological Oddities, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes | Edited by Dylan

Waldviertel Pyramid

A pyramid in Central Europe of unknown origin

Deep in the forest between Zwettl and Gross-Gerungs, stands a 7 meter (22 ft) pyramid. The pyramid is made of loosely stacked natural stones, done in a circular layer style like a cake. It is the... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Alpha and Dylan

Joya de Ceren

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash

1400 years ago the residents of the Mayan village of Ceren abandoned their town as a volcano erupted in the distance. Within days the village was buried under 16-21 feet of wet volcanic ash.... »

Fiery Wonders, Ghost Towns, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta

Capela do Senhor da Pedra

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity

Originally, the stunning marble- and granite-strewn beaches of Miramar were the site of ancient pagan worship. Specifically, the giant boulder jutting into the sea was where rituals were once... »

Anomalous Islands, Lost Tribes | Edited by littlebrumble and Dylan

Troublesome Creek

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky

Sometime around 1820, a French orphan named Martin Fugate, carrier of an incredibly rare recessive gene for a disease known as hereditary methemoglobinemia, settled on the banks of Troublesome... »

Lost Tribes | Edited by Josh and Dylan

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