This image depicts John White returning to the Roanoke Colony in 1590 to discover the settlement abandoned. Credit: William Ludwell Sheppard – Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. A 16th-century map ...

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

Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, which scholars have ...

In 1587, a group of English settlers established the Roanoke Colony on an island between what is now North Carolina and the ...

An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke ...

An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke ...

The mystery of what happened to the Roanoke settlers has plagued researchers for hundreds of years, however, the John White ...

A decision on any potential additional closures will be made later based on the full impact of the storm. Changes to the museums’ schedules and additional updates as needed will be posted on each ...

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab ...

The area is split into three regions, according to the Visitors Bureau: the Northern Beaches, Roanoke Island and Hatteras Island. You'll also find Ocracoke Island farther south, but it's not as ...