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Mysteries at the Museum

Museums are where America displays its treasures of the past. Behind each object is a story to be told and secrets to be revealed, often brimming with scandal, mystery, murder and intrigue.

We Found the Loch Ness Monster (Everywhere)

Don Wildman is headed to Scotland to search for Nessie. The rest of us can catch glimpses of her in movies, on television, and in the kitchen(!).

Lingering Secrets of Pompeii

Though the spectacular city met its tragic end nearly two thousand years ago, archaeologists are still hard at work unearthing its story. What might the next chapter be?

Don Wildman's Top 5 Museums

Don Wildman shares his favorite museums to visit.

Meet Don Wildman

Don Wildman shows us the secrets lurking in museums and monuments across the United States.

6 Times Don Wildman Faced Danger to Get the Facts

This kind of storytelling isn't for the faint of heart.

What We Know About the Manhattan Project

When scientists warned that the Nazis could be a nuclear threat, American officials sprang into action. Their work changed our world forever.

American Undergrounds You Can See

Don Wildman shares his advice on how to explore America's underworld.

Mysterious Cases We Can't Explain

These high-profile cases haunt the imagination.

7 Things You Didn't Know About the White House

Don Wildman digs through 4 centuries of history.

What We Know About Cleopatra

For more than two thousand years, Cleopatra has been one of the best-known — and most notorious — women in the world. Could new technology rewrite the story of her legendary life?

How the 1906 Earthquake Changed San Francisco

Disaster leveled "the Paris of the West" a century ago — and its aftermath echoes through the city today.

6 Things You May Not Know About the Lindbergh Kidnapping

Authorities closed the case more than 80 years ago, but as Don Wildman learns, there’s much more to the “crime of the century” than meets the eye. Don revisits the scene of the crime in a special episode of Mysteries at the Museum.