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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!

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

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10.0/10(2 votes)
#1 - Plummer's Gold
S3:E111/2/2016
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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10.0/10(2 votes)
#2 - The Secret Solved
S8:E1310/30/2019
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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10.0/10(1 votes)
#3 - Escaping the Rock
S11:E77/6/2022
Tackling the most famous prison break of all time, Josh retraces the 1962 Alcatraz escape. New leads take Josh from San Francisco to the jungles of Brazil where he finds witnesses and evidence that re-write the FBI's version of the story.
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10.0/10(1 votes)
#4 - Missing Heroes of WW2
S13:E111/15/2023
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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10.0/10(1 votes)
#5 - Finding the Lost Pilots of WW2
S13:E211/22/2023
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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9.0/10(1 votes)
#6 - Donner Party Horror and Heroes
S11:E138/24/2022
Josh treks the punishing Donner Pass to uncover how desperate pioneers trapped by blizzards in the Sierra Nevada mountains turned to cannibalism. In an unprecedented six-month investigation, Josh retraces the steps of the courageous rescue teams.
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The 20 WORST Episodes of Expedition Unknown

8.3/10(2 votes)
#7 - Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed
S17:E211/12/2025
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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8.0/10(3 votes)
#8 - Amelia Earhart
S1:E11/8/2015
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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8.0/10(3 votes)
#9 - Hunt for the Metal Library
S4:E61/31/2018
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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8.0/10(1 votes)
#10 - Buried Secrets of Hitler
S11:E15/25/2022
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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8.0/10(1 votes)
#11 - Dalton Gang's Outlaw Fortune
S11:E36/8/2022
Josh Gates heads to the Wild West in search of the hidden loot heisted by infamous lawmen turned criminals, the Dalton Gang. Re-tracing the Gang's last steps and investigating their final, deadly shoot-out, Josh chases a fortune worth millions today.
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8.0/10(1 votes)
#12 - Egypt's Lost Tombs
S11:E87/13/2022
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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8.0/10(1 votes)
#13 - Egypt's City of the Dead
S11:E97/20/2022
Investigating the mysterious collapse of Egypt's old kingdom, Josh completes his Saqqara necropolis dig. Opening several tombs, Josh finds treasure, clues and haunting remains. Testing results may prove they’ve discovered Egypt’s oldest royal mummy.
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8.0/10(1 votes)
#14 - Mysteries of Moses
S11:E118/11/2022
Looking to answer enduring questions around Moses' existence and the story of Exodus, Josh takes an epic adventure that starts with opening an ancient Egyptian tomb and ends with trekking what could be the true Mount Sinai.
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8.0/10(1 votes)
#15 - Finding Italy's Lost Empire
S11:E148/31/2022
Searching a city of the dead, Josh unearths artifacts from the mysterious Etruscans who ruled central Italy before being conquered by the Roman Empire. A dig site unearths clues that reveal the Etruscans may have inspired Rome's greatest achievements.
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8.0/10(1 votes)
#16 - Hunt for Petra's Lost Tombs
S15:E110/9/2024
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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8.0/10(1 votes)
#17 - Petra's Secrets Revealed
S15:E210/16/2024
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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8.0/10(1 votes)
#18 - Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age
S16:E78/6/2025
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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7.7/10(3 votes)
#19 - Mystery of Dead Mountain
S8:E48/29/2019
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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7.7/10(3 votes)
#20 - Siberia's Coldest Case
S8:E59/5/2019
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.
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7.5/10(2 votes)
#21 - Temple of Doom
S1:E21/15/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#22 - Mayan Apocalypse
S1:E93/5/2015
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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7.3/10(3 votes)
#23 - World's 8th Wonder
S1:E31/22/2015
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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7.0/10(1 votes)
#24 - The Legend of Jesse James
S1:E41/29/2015
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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7.0/10(1 votes)
#25 - City of Gold
S1:E52/5/2015
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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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".