Places
695 places in 11 mysteries
Where the mysteries happened and where their evidence was found, each placed on the map and tied to its events.
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The seventh arc, southern Indian Oceansea area
The stone trianglestone arrangement (lost)
The swampwetland
T 14 on this page
Theodore Roosevelt operating area, off Florida and Virginiasea area
Tirynsarchaeological site
Tiwanakuarchaeological city
TongerenRoman town (Atuatuca Tungrorum)
Tres Zapotes, Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruzvillage
Tribal trust land around the ranchtribal trust land
Trilithon horseshoestone setting
Tsin Kletsingreat house
Tucson, ArizonaCity where Nick Pope died in April 2026
America's missing scientists, 2021–2026
Tunguska epicentreforest
Tura quarriesquarry
TurdașNeolithic settlement on the Mureș in Hunedoara County, Romania, where Zsófia Torma collected the first incised signs from 1875; name-site of
Turin, Italycity
TărtăriaNeolithic settlement on the Mureș in Alba County, Transylvania, where Nicolae Vlassa found the three inscribed tablets in 1961.
U 18 on this page
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbiacourt
US 67 between Marfa and Presidiohighway
Marfa lights
Ugaritcity
Hurrian songs of Ugarit
Ugaritarchaeological site
Ugaritcity
Uintah Basin, Utahregion
Uintah and Ouray Reservationreservation (Census boundary)
UllastretIberian town
Una Vidagreat house
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.building
University of Arizona, Tucson
University of Arizona, Tucsonuniversity
Upsweep source region, about 54°S 140°Wopen ocean (approximate location)
Urancient city
Hurrian songs of Ugarit
Urquhart Castle and Urquhart Baycastle and bay
Urukancient city; find-site of about 5,000 archaic tablets in the Eanna precinct
Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
Uruk (Warka), Iraqsite
Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian
Usurbil, Gipuzkoatown
V 12 on this page
Val Verde County, Texascounty
White Shaman Mural
Vallejo, Californiacity
Very Large Array, New Mexicoradio telescope
Vichycity
Victory Point, north-west King William Islandcoastal point
Villa Mondragone, Frascati
Villa dei Papiri, HerculaneumRoman villa (archaeological site)
Vinča-Belo BrdoThe type-site of the Vinča culture, a tell on the Danube 14 km downstream of Belgrade, excavated by Miloje Vasić from 1908; occupied c. 5200
Virginia Beach, Virginiacity
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlinmuseum; holds the German share of the Uruk tablets and the Erlenmeyer tablets
Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
Vrysinas peak sanctuaryMinoan peak sanctuary
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Vårhuskjølen, Hessdalenviewpoint
W 8 on this page
W. M. Keck Observatory, Maunakea, Hawaiiobservatory
Wad ban Nagaarchaeological site
Wadi Murabba'at cavescaves
Wadi al-Jarfharbour site
Wadi el-Hol, Qena benddesert pass on the Farshut road
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet
Wakefield, MassachusettsTown where Jason Thomas was reported missing in December 2025 and found in March 2026
America's missing scientists, 2021–2026
Walters Art Museum, Baltimoremuseum
Warsaw, Polandcity (site of a photographed Cicada poster)
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