America Unearthed

Overview

Forensic geologist Scott Wolter explores mysteries, artifacts and relics to reveal a history of the North American continent not taught in school.

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Episodes

American Maya Secrets

S01E01 American Maya Secrets

December 21, 2012 43 min
Geologist and adventurer Scott Wolter explores a government-restricted site, and makes a startling discovery connecting the ancient Mayans with rural Georgia.
Medieval Desert Mystery

S01E02 Medieval Desert Mystery

December 28, 2012 43 min
Scott Wolter investigates a burial site in the mountains of Arizona, only to discover it may belong to a medieval Englishman.
Great Lakes Copper Heist

S01E03 Great Lakes Copper Heist

January 4, 2013 43 min
Scientific testing connects a prehistoric Bronze Age civilization with the mysterious disappearance of vast amounts of copper from Lake Superior.
Giants in Minnesota

S01E04 Giants in Minnesota

January 11, 2013 43 min
Geologist Scott Wolter visits a Minnesota farmer who wants to investigate the possible existence of bones from a giant he unearthed in his yard. The bones raise the question of whether Vikings could have traveled...
A Deadly Sacrifice

S01E05 A Deadly Sacrifice

January 18, 2013 43 min
A man shows up at Scott Wolter's lab with a 500-pound discovery. In the flatbed of his truck is a large boulder he pulled from the Arkansas River, inscribed with a mysterious bull symbol. Wolter's...
Stonehenge in America

S01E06 Stonehenge in America

January 25, 2013 43 min
Geologist Scott Wolter has reason to believe America has its very own Stonehenge in New Hampshire. With the help of a young man who discovered an amazing connection between America's Stonehenge and Stonehenge in England,...
Mystery of Roanoke

S01E07 Mystery of Roanoke

February 1, 2013 43 min
In the late 1500s, years before Jamestown, the English sought to create their first settlement in America at Roanoke. A party of 119 colonists came over and settled but ultimately vanished. The fate of the...
Chamber Hunting

S01E08 Chamber Hunting

February 8, 2013 43 min
There are 800 very old, very mysterious, man-made stone sites in the Northeastern part of the United States. Forensic geologist Scott Wolter heads to rural Pennsylvania to investigate one of them--a meticulously crafted stone chamber...
Motive for Murder

S01E09 Motive for Murder

February 15, 2013 43 min
After his famous expedition to map the American West with William Clark, Meriwether Lewis recorded details of the adventure in a journal and intended to publish it. Before he could, he was shot and killed...
The Desert Cross

S01E10 The Desert Cross

February 22, 2013 43 min
Heading to Tucson, Arizona with his son Grant, Wolter is eager to investigate a mysterious cache of crosses, swords and other relics pulled from the desert in the 1920s. One sword has a date--800 AD--written...
Tracking the Templars

S01E11 Tracking the Templars

March 1, 2013 43 min
When Scott Wolter began investigating mysterious artifacts, he started to notice one unique symbol appeared on many of them. The symbol, now known as the "Hooked X", baffled researchers who couldn't make sense of it....
America's Oldest Secret

S01E12 America's Oldest Secret

March 8, 2013 43 min
The Newport Tower is considered by many to be the most mysterious structure in the United States. Some people think it's a colonial era windmill or perhaps all that's left of an early water tower,...
Hunt for the Holy Grail

S01E13 Hunt for the Holy Grail

March 15, 2013 43 min
The Holy Grail is one of the most sought after treasures of all time, and one treasure hunter thinks he knows exactly where it is. He invites Scott Wolter along on his quest to find...

Cast

Scott Wolter
Himself - Host

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