The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...

In 1587, a group of English settlers established the Roanoke Colony on an island between what is now North Carolina and the Outer Banks. However, by 1590, the traces of the colony had disappeared, and ...

An Indian girl shows off an English doll in one of many scenes painted by John White, the Lost Colony’s artist governor. White’s realistic portraits of Native American life—including ritual ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke that scholars have spent hundreds of years searching for. In 1587, a group of colonists ...

Did Governor John White’s daughter Eleanor Dare—played by actress Shannon Uphold in a historical drama—carve an account of the Lost Colony’s ordeal in stone, or was it the work of a 20th ...

Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analysed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists named John White, ...

By Bill Lapadat This year America celebrates the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the first permanent European settlement in America. It is truly a story of human qualities like cooperation, ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has haunted American history for centuries. In July 1587, a British colonist named John White ...

Don’t call him Indiana Jones. For one, Scott Wolter is no fictional character – he’s a forensic geologist from Chanhassen. And secondly, he’s not on the hunt for hidden ...

Based on real events, the story of an isolated island colony called Roanoke. When its governor John White leaves for a trip to England he puts his pregnant daughter Eleanor in charge, but his return ...