The Continental Unexplained Collection

Before highways and neon lights, there was only the deep American frontier—and the mysteries that stalked it from the shadows.

This 4th of July week, we are unlocking the vault to explore a side of early American history the textbooks completely left out. From the elusive "Forest Wildmen" tracked by early pioneer scouts, to the bizarre 1735 colonial birth of the Leeds Devil, all the way to a secret presidential monster hunt ordered by Thomas Jefferson himself—our nation's founding era is deeply woven with the unexplained.

Step past the colony lines and wear the history before the holiday weekend ends and the vault locks back up.