The Manitowoc County Historical Society is hosting Hungry for History, a lecture and dinner series, starting March 18.

Lost treasure isn’t just the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters and adventure novels. Around the world, real fortunes in gold, jewels, and priceless artifacts have vanished into history, leaving behind ...

Finding a cache of gold out in the woods is every hiker’s dream — and sometimes, it comes true. In February 2025, two tourists were hiking on a hill in the Czech Republic when they stumbled upon a ...

In wartime, even losing soldiers and politicians always make a last-ditch effort to outsmart the enemy. In the 19th and 20th centuries, we see this when it comes to securing and hiding wealth. The ...

Back in May 1891, Truckee was abuzz with treasure fever. While on a fishing excursion near Donner Lake, Edward Reynolds uncovered a cache of coins near the shore, claiming that they had been buried by ...

A third-century B.C.E. Greek gold chain necklace similar to some of the missing objects © The Trustees of the British Museum under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 More than two ...