The BEST episodes of Expedition Unknown season 1
Every episode of Expedition Unknown season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Expedition Unknown season 1!
Expedition Unknown chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates iconic mysteries across the globe. Gates begins by interviewing key eyewitnesses and uncovering recent developments in the story, then springboards into a fully immersive exploration. This authentic, roughshod adventure leads Gates closer to the truth behind these unanswered global enigmas, such as the disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane. Josh Gates is an adventurer and avid explorer with a unique brand of humor and passion for off-the-map excursions.
#2 - Curse of the Golden Bell
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/2/2015
Josh joins local divers in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar to search for the ancient cursed Great Bell of King Dhammazedi. To recover it, Josh dives into murky, violent waters that have claimed the lives of several other divers.
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#5 - Viking Sunstone
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2015
Josh travels to England and Norway to unlock the secrets of the Viking sunstone, a mystic crystal the Vikings used to conquer the seas. Before testing it, he explores a crypt in a Nordic church and descends 1,000 feet into a deserted mine.
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#6 - Secrets of The Nazca
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/2015
Josh flies to Peru to investigate the giant geoglyphs drawn into the earth by ancient Nazca tribes. By studying newly found lines and joining a Nazca psychedelic ritual, Josh uncovers the true meaning behind the mysterious tracings.
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#7 - Code to Gold
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2015
Josh scours the Virginia backcountry in search of the legendary Thomas Beale treasure, which would be worth millions today. Since encrypted codes are hiding its whereabouts, Josh takes a detour to Philadelphia to uncover missing pieces of the puzzle.
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#8 - Amelia Earhart
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2015
In the 2-hour season premiere of Expedition Unknown, adventurer Josh Gates hunts down new evidence on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. He treks to uncharted tribal lands in Papua New Guinea and ends his journey in Fiji, hoping to uncover the pilot’s remains.
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#9 - World's 8th Wonder
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2015
Josh is on the trail of Russia’s missing Amber Panels, priceless pieces of art stolen by the Nazis during WWII. After starting in St. Petersburg, Russia, and getting exposed to the local culture, Josh makes a brief pit stop in Berlin to marvel at the city’s amazing turnaround since the end of the Cold War.
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#10 - The Legend of Jesse James
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2015
Josh journeys across the Midwest in search of the legendary golden loot of famed American outlaw Jesse James. Along the way, Josh debunks myths about James, rappels off a cliff in the Wichita Mountains and follows treasure hunters into Buzzards Roost.
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#11 - Temple of Doom
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2015
Josh travels to the remote and land-mine-riddled jungles of Cambodia to investigate the lost city of the Khmer Empire and search for a mystical relic that gave its god king the power to incinerate his enemies more than 1,000 years ago.
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#12 - Captain Morgan's Lost Gold
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2015
Josh joins a team of archaeologists in Panama as they search for the Satisfaction, the sunken flagship of legendary pirate Captain Morgan. Using a magnetometer, which reads ferrous metals on the seafloor, they scour the reef for additional signs of wreckage.
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