Exploring the Past
Forgotten Places
Ancient ruins, dark histories, and the places most people walk past without a second glance. Come along for the exploration.
Dive into my latest explorations and discoveries from across the globe.
August 27, 2026
In 1950 Ohio closed a dam on Cowan Creek and flooded a valley holding more than twenty Adena burial mounds. Archaeologists had time to excavate exactly one. On the other side of that same dam, the spillway is packed with 445-million-year-old sea creatures you can pick up off the ground.
August 13, 2026
A quarter-mile serpent of piled earth, coiled on the rim of a buried meteor crater in southern Ohio. It's the most famous ancient site in the state, and the one we understand least — nobody agrees on who built it, when, or why. Here's what the argument actually looks like.
July 30, 2026
Three and a half miles of earthen wall on a bluff above the Little Miami River, moved half a million cubic yards at a time in baskets, by people whose names nobody wrote down. It's called Fort Ancient. It was never a fort — and the culture named after it didn't build it. Almost everything about the name of this place is wrong, and what's actually true is stranger.
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Join me as I explore the world's oldest, weirdest, and most overlooked places. I travel to ancient ruins, abandoned sites, and obscure archaeological wonders—combining personal travel vlogs with documentary-style storytelling. It's exploration, history, and adventure with a human touch, plus occasional appearances by Artemis, my hiking cat.
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