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 […] ...

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 ...

Archaeologists say an unearthed copper earring likely came from European explorers who made up part of the "Lost Colony" in modern-day Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The nonprofit First Colony ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kennedy, Jr. Plus, Steven Rinella joins Will Cain to share some of the unsolved mysteries of American History from the D.B. Cooper hijacking to the Lost Colony of Roanoke.

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 ...