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Unexplained
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Devil's Kettle
Half the Brule River disappears into a pothole in Minnesota, fueling a decades-long geological mystery.
Devil's Kettle, Judge C.R. Magney State Park, Grand Marais, Minnesota, USAFossil Cycad: A Lost National Monument
A South Dakota national monument created in 1922 to protect fossil cycadeoids lost them to ranchers, tourists and scientists and was deauthorized in 1957.
Fossil Cycad Site, Harthol, South Dakota, USAMoody's Light
A mysterious lantern-like light drifting over cornfields near Francesville has been a legend in Indiana since at least the 1940s.
Moody's Light, Francesville, Indiana, USANorthwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
A Douglas DC-4 carrying 58 people vanished over Lake Michigan on June 23–24, 1950. The wreckage has never been found and the cause remains unknown.
Lake Michigan, off Benton Harbor, Michigan, USASingapore, Michigan's Buried Ghost Town
A thriving 19th-century lumber port in Allegan County was swallowed whole by Lake Michigan sand dunes after its surrounding forests were clear-cut.
Singapore, Saugatuck Township, Michigan, USA