- 9.1/1034 votesLoading...
#1 - Finding the Lost Pilots of WW2
Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/2023
Josh dives deep into the Navy's heroic Pearl Harbor counterattack, uncovering an eyewitness who shares vivid details of American soldiers' executions. New intel leads to a discovery that changes history -- the first US plane ever found from this battle.
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- 8.8/1039 votesLoading...
#2 - Missing Heroes of WW2
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2023
Josh investigates America's daring response to Pearl Harbor, which destroyed a vital Japanese base in the South Pacific. Using brand-new intel, Josh dives in with Project Recover to find 40 planes and 200 American heroes lost in Operation Hailstone.
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- 8.8/1029 votesLoading...
#3 - Chasing Bonnie and Clyde
Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2023
Tracking America's most infamous couple, Josh teams up with a former FBI agent to scour a legendary Bonnie and Clyde hideout. Then Josh hits the road on a 700-mile trip through the heartland to the site of the outlaw duo's most notorious shootout.
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- 8.8/1030 votesLoading...
#4 - Hunt for Alexander the Great
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2024
Josh hunts history's greatest treasure, the tomb of Alexander the Great.
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- 8.8/1032 votesLoading...
#5 - Alexander's Lost Tomb
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 6/27/2024
The search for Alexander's remains and fortune extends to four countries.
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- 8.5/1086 votesLoading...
#6 - The Secret
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/17/2018
Josh travels across the United States to find the treasures featured in the cryptic 1982 book "The Secret"; Josh meets with members of the book's cult following, who each think they are on the verge of locating one of the 10 remaining treasures.
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- 8.5/1071 votesLoading...
#7 - Egypt's Lost Queens
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/14/2018
Josh Gates continues his journey through Egypt to unearth the secrets and possibly the final resting places of Nefertiti and Cleopatra.
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- 8.5/1038 votesLoading...
#8 - Lost City of the White Jaguar
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 11/29/2023
Trekking deep into Mexico's narco-controlled jungles, Josh hunts for the last Mayan stronghold to ward off the Spanish conquistadors; he joins an expedition braving snakes, spiders and jaguars to uncover the legendary Sac Balam.
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- 8.5/1028 votesLoading...
#9 - Lost Tomb of the Viking King
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 12/27/2023
Josh chases the treasure of legendary Viking Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson. The discovery of a mysterious gold artifact sends Josh on a journey through Scandinavia and into remote northern European forests to uncover Bluetooth's tomb and fortune.
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- 8.4/1077 votesLoading...
#10 - Lost Gold of Scotland
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2019
Hunting for a lost cache of gold, Josh Gates heads to the Scottish Highlands. His search focuses on a huge gold reserve hidden after the Jacobite Uprising of 1745 and never recovered. Josh joins treasure hunters chasing a new lead across the Highlands.
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- 8.4/1031 votesLoading...
#11 - Egypt's Lost Tombs
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2022
With breakthrough discoveries in Egypt, Josh races to join an active dig of 4000-year-old tombs. Josh gains exclusive access and uncovers mummies and treasure that could solve the mysterious collapse of ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom.
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- 8.4/1048 votesLoading...
#12 - Mystery of the Flooded Pyramid
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2023
The conclusion to Josh Gates' dive into a Kush king's flooded pyramid tomb; Josh scales a mountain to learn how the Kingdom of Kush conquered Egypt and braves the murky waters for one more dive to find the king's mummified remains.
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- 8.3/1020 votesLoading...
#13 - Chasing Africa's Atlantis
Season 14 Episode 5 - Aired 7/25/2024
Josh dives the waters off Tanzania to find a lost city and its riches.
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- 8.2/1064 votesLoading...
#14 - Tracking Tasmania's Tiger
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/25/2017
Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania to investigate sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger.
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- 8.2/1086 votesLoading...
#15 - Atlantis of the Andes
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2019
Josh Gates dives into a mystery below South America's Lake Titicaca. During the investigation, Josh discovers multiple structures of the ancient Tiwanaku people, including ruins hidden in the lake's depths, dubbed "The Atlantis of the Andes".
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- 8.2/1066 votesLoading...
#16 - Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 8/8/2019
Josh Gates travels to the Holy Land to unearth the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls with an archaeologist who has discovered new ones; Josh sees cutting-edge technology restore scroll fragments in a way that could change how people read the Bible.
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- 8.2/1041 votesLoading...
#17 - Buried Secrets of Hitler
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 5/25/2022
With word of an urgent lead, Josh jets to Poland to join in the opening of a secret Nazi tunnel system dug into a dormant volcano. Josh helps a local team tear away a stone wall built by the Germans in the last days of World War II.
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- 8.2/1037 votesLoading...
#18 - Nazi Buried Secrets
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/2022
Josh Gates hunts for Third Reich secrets as he searches for stolen art in a flooded tunnel complex, tries to decode an officer's diary pointing to tons of plundered Nazi gold and visits the ruins of a city burned to ashes in the final days of WWII.
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- 8.1/1071 votesLoading...
#19 - Lasseter's Gold
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/18/2017
Josh Gates sets off deep into the Australian Outback, following the footsteps of legendary explorer Harold Lasseter, who claims to have found a vast field of gold.
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- 8.1/1071 votesLoading...
#20 - Great Women of Ancient Egypt
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/7/2018
Josh journeys through the land of the Nile to uncover the buried secrets of three of the most powerful and elusive women in ancient Egypt -- Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra.
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- 8.1/1044 votesLoading...
#21 - The Fortune of the Buzzard
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2020
Josh Gates takes on the Indian Ocean's punishing waters as he chases the lost treasure of Olivier Levasseur, AKA "The Buzzard," rumored to be worth more than a billion dollars.
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- 8.0/10100 votesLoading...
#22 - Mayan Apocalypse
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2015
While investigating the fall of the remarkable Mayan Empire, Josh unearths human skulls and ancient Mayan sacrificial altars in the caverns underneath the jungles and ruins of Mexico.
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- 8.0/1094 votesLoading...
#23 - Secrets of the Nazca
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/2015
Josh travels to Peru to investigate the giant geoglyphs drawn into the earth by the ancient Nazca tribes and while studying newly found lines joining a Nazca psychadelic ritual, Josh discovers the meaning behind the mysterious tracings.
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- 8.0/1062 votesLoading...
#24 - Lost City of El Mirador
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2018
Josh concludes his investigation into the mysterious Maya city of El Mirador, from the possible burial of the elusive Snake Kings to uncovering the secrets behind the fall of one of history's greatest ancient cities.
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- 8.0/1037 votesLoading...
#25 - Hunt for the Ruby Slippers
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 7/10/2018
Josh investigates the theft of one of the most iconic pieces of Hollywood memorabilia of all time — the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic movie, The Wizard of Oz.
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The Best Episodes of Expedition Unknown
Every episode of Expedition Unknown ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Expedition Unknown!
The adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe.
Genres:DocumentaryReality
Network:Travel Channel
Best Episodes Summary
"Finding the Lost Pilots of WW2" is the best rated episode of "Expedition Unknown". It scored 9.1/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/22/2023. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Missing Heroes of WW2".