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The Best Episodes of Expedition Unknown

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The adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Expedition Unknown Season 3 Episode 1 - Plummer's Gold
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Plummer's Gold

    S3:E1

    Josh Gates sets off for gold rush country to search for the lost fortune of a notorious Montana sheriff. During his investigation, Josh explores hidden cave systems and blows open a mine that's been sealed for over a century.

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  2. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 13 - The Secret Solved
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Secret Solved

    S8:E13

    Josh Gates cuts another expedition short to return to his hometown of Boston and pursue the strongest lead in decades for a 40 year old treasure hunt dubbed: The Secret. Following the amazing solve of a Boston puzzle maker could lead him to the very prize he has sought himself for years.

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  3. Expedition Unknown Season 13 Episode 1 - Missing Heroes of WW2
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Missing Heroes of WW2

    S13:E1

    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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  4. Expedition Unknown Season 13 Episode 2 - Finding the Lost Pilots of WW2
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Finding the Lost Pilots of WW2

    S13:E2

    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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  5. Expedition Unknown Season 4 Episode 6 - Hunt for the Metal Library
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Hunt for the Metal Library

    S4:E6

    Josh travels through the jungles of Ecuador to explore the watery depths of Tayos Cave for a legendary set of metal plates believed to be created by an advanced ancient civilization.

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  6. Expedition Unknown Season 15 Episode 1 - Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs

    S15:E1

    With unprecedented access, Josh digs in front of Petra's treasury; searching for clues to the mysterious civilization that created one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Josh rappels a seven-story cliff face to perform a high-tech scan.

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  7. Expedition Unknown Season 15 Episode 2 - Petra's Secrets Revealed
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Petra's Secrets Revealed

    S15:E2

    Rewriting history, Josh helps discover a tomb at Petra's iconic Treasury; the twelve skeletons inside may belong to a royal family of Petra; state-of-the-art tech could finally decipher the charred fragments of ancient scrolls.

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  8. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 7 - Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age

    S16:E7

    Josh investigates rumors swirling around a Turkish dig site that is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Separating fact from fiction, they uncover evidence of tribal skull rituals, debunking the legend of an alien-constructed observatory.

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  9. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 1 - Amelia Earhart
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Amelia Earhart

    S1:E1

    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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  10. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 4 - The Legend of Jesse James
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Legend of Jesse James

    S1:E4

    Josh tries putting the legend of Jesse James' missing gold to rest, as he searches the American Midwest, searching for the treasure.

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  11. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 5 - City of Gold
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - City of Gold

    S1:E5

    Josh Gates travels through Peru in search for the legendary Incan lost city of Paititi. His journey takes him from the historic Cusco, to the heights of Machu Picchu, and finally into the Amazon's dark and mysterious jungles.

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  12. Expedition Unknown Season 4 Episode 2 - Vikings in America
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Vikings in America

    S4:E2

    Josh traces the Vikings' westward expansion from the volcanic landscape of Iceland to a mysterious settlement in Greenland; he aims to find out if the Vikings landed in the United States more than 500 years before any other Europeans.

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  13. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 4 - Mystery of Dead Mountain
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Mystery of Dead Mountain

    S8:E4

    Braving sub-zero conditions of Siberia, Josh Gates investigates the Dyatlov Pass incident, during which nine hikers died under suspicious circumstances in 1959.

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  14. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 5 - Siberia's Coldest Case
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Siberia's Coldest Case

    S8:E5

    Josh Gates concludes his in-depth investigation of the Dyatlov Pass incident; taking on Dead Mountain's brutal conditions, Josh and two investigators retrace the last steps of the hikers; a big discovery could finally solve the mystery.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Expedition Unknown Season 12 Episode 7 - Looted Treasures of Cambodia
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Looted Treasures of Cambodia

    S12:E7

    Pushing into remote jungles, Josh investigates one of the 20th century's biggest heists - looting of Cambodian statues worth hundreds of millions; Josh rappels into a crumbling pyramid and digs up a treasure trove of missing monuments.

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  16. Expedition Unknown Season 14 Episode 3 - Traitors' Treasure of 1776
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Traitors' Treasure of 1776

    S14:E3

    In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Josh hunts riches stolen by British loyalists, the Doan Gang, during the American Revolution.

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  17. Expedition Unknown Season 15 Episode 3 - Search for Pan Am's Clipper
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Search for Pan Am's Clipper

    S15:E3

    Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy seas to find a missing plane. The crash of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor changed commercial aviation forever. Josh and the team fight violent storms in the Atlantic as they hunt for the plane 2,000 feet below.

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  18. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 1 - Hitler's Amerikabomber
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Hitler's Amerikabomber

    S16:E1

    Josh hunts for the truth about the Third Reich's Amerikabomber, a warplane designed to obliterate New York City; ruins of a mysterious Nazi underground city and long-lost weapons factories provide clues about Hitler's dream-killing machine.

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  19. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 5 - Treasure of the Pirate Queen
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Treasure of the Pirate Queen

    S16:E5

    Josh braves the South Carolina swamps to search for the lost treasure of the infamous Anne Bonny. The Pirate Queen used her wits, beauty and daring to steal millions in booty; and while recovering coins, Josh may have unearthed Anne's secret trading post.

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  20. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 6 - Searching for World War II's Lost Hero
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Searching for World War II's Lost Hero

    S16:E6

    Armed with a new eyewitness account and cutting-edge tech, Josh travels to Micronesia and dives the Pacific to find a lost P-47 Thunderbolt. Piloted by an American hero, it took part in a daring raid during the final days of World War II.

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  21. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 1 - Mysteries of the Great Pyramid
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Mysteries of the Great Pyramid

    S17:E1

    With exclusive access to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Josh unravels wild conspiracy theories about the pyramid. Crawling through every passage under the pyramid, Josh searches for the lost tomb and treasure of Pharaoh Khufu.

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  22. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 2 - Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed

    S17:E2

    To solve the mystery of the pyramid's construction, Josh joins a daring experiment to replicate its ancient build; first-of-their-kind 3D scans of a mysterious tunnel system could uncover a labyrinth of secrets buried deep beneath the stone.

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  23. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 4 - The Nazi's Lost Super Sub
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Nazi's Lost Super Sub

    S17:E4

    Josh dives the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea in search of a revolutionary Nazi submarine: the V-80. Hitler ordered it scuttled to prevent the Allies from learning its secrets. Now, Josh risks it all to bring the prototype to the surface.

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  24. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 6 - Vanderbilt's Lost Steamship
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Vanderbilt's Lost Steamship

    S17:E6

    Josh braves Nicaragua's croc-infested waters and snake-filled jungle to find the wreckage of the Orus. Chasing Gold Rush-era fortune, Vanderbilt's ship crashed on its maiden attempt to create a new route between the Atlantic and Pacific.

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  25. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 3 - World's 8th Wonder
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - World's 8th Wonder

    S1:E3

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Plummer's Gold" is the best rated episode of "Expedition Unknown". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/2/2016. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Secret Solved".