It's the coldest case in American history. The settlers who inhabited the 16th century North Carolina colony of Roanoke mysteriously disappeared centuries ago, leaving behind only two clues: the words ...

A new clue and findings at recent archeological digs in North Carolina have led researchers to believe that they may be closer to solving a mystery that is more than 400 years old.The mystery of the ...

The fate of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island remains one of the biggest questions in North Carolina history. Some believe the colony moved to Hatteras Island and others believe they assimilated ...

Growing up in the Old North State, I was familiar with the story of the Lost Colony. Sometimes, I forget that not everybody in the country knows the difference between Eastern and Lexington barbecue, ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Perhaps the best clue in more than 420 years to North Carolina’s most famous mystery has been revealed. The remains of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North ...

Two decades before Jamestown, settlers arrived in what is now North Carolina. What happened to them is a mystery, but there are some clues. Excavations at the site of a Native American town on ...

Archaeologists are getting closer to figuring out where members of the Lost Colony went, according to Nicholas Luccketti, the principal investigator and archaeologist with the James River Institute ...

The lost colony of Roanoke Island will always be one of the weirdest episodes in American history. It has managed to stay in the news, off and on, for 431 years: the case of 100-plus English settlers ...

According to American Horror Story, the Roanoke Colony disappeared without a trace after its ousted leader gave herself over to the powers of an old-world witch, portrayed by Lady Gaga, and forcibly ...

Perhaps the best clue in more than 420 years to North Carolina’s most famous mystery has just been revealed. The remains of the Lost Colony, it turns out, could sit under an Arnold Palmer-designed ...