Marlon Wright articles

Hidden throughout America are destinations that locals guard like secrets—underground catacombs, glowing fireflies, and ancient stone mysteries nobody can fully explain. These are the spots worth adding to your travel list.

Archaeologists unearthed fifteen monumental lamassu statues and stone reliefs at Nineveh, former capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire.

Not long ago, these places welcomed anyone with a ticket. Now, they’re drawing lines—sometimes for safety, sometimes for preservation. The open world we knew is getting a little smaller, one rule at a time.

In northeastern Iran, archaeologists found one of the largest Sassanid-era fire temples far from what’s considered the heartland of the Sassanids.

Cleopatra VII once ruled a kingdom where politics and divinity intertwined. Her ships sailed from glittering harbors along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, carrying both wealth and whispers of empire. Now, more than two thousand years after her death, the sea that once bore her fleet may hold the final traces of her reign. Near the temple of Taposiris Magna—long suspected to be linked to her burial—researchers have uncovered a sunken Ptolemaic port. Its discovery breathes new life into one of history’s most enduring mysteries: where the last queen of Egypt chose to rest after her fateful alliance with Rome.

The ground simply opened up one June morning. Traffic stopped. Onlookers gathered around the growing hole in York. But this wasn't just another infrastructure failure—medieval walls emerged from the darkness.

Israeli prisoners walked over an ancient mosaic for decades, never knowing what lay beneath their feet. Then came a routine prison expansion in 2005. Archaeologists discovered something extraordinary related to Jesus Christ.

Most people speed right past it on Interstate 10. There's an ancient four-story building standing in the Arizona desert that's older than the Aztec Empire. The Hohokam people built it, then vanished altogether.

Most drivers never notice the tiny holes staring back at them from road signs. Yet those little punctures tell a story: one of safety, standardization, and a surprisingly clever chapter in the history of modern road design.