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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.

Was The Hindenburg Disaster A Tragic Accident Or Nefarious Plot?

Investigators from two countries determined that the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster was just an unfortunate accident, but the pilot went to his grave swearing his massive airship had been sabotaged.

Don Wildman's Top 5 Museums

Don Wildman shares his favorite museums to visit.

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.

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 Museums That Are Home To Creepy And Mysterious Artifacts

Some of your favorite Halloween ghost stories have real evidence on exhibit in otherwise normal museums.

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 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?

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(!).

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.

Meet Don Wildman

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

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?

Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: Was The Famous Pilot Responsible For His Missing Son?

Charles Lindbergh was five years past his record-breaking transatlantic flight when his 20-month-old son was kidnapped from their Hopewell, New Jersey, home on March 1, 1932.