Exploring the Past
Forgotten Places
Ancient ruins, dark histories, and the places most people walk past without a second glance. Come along for the exploration.
Dive into my latest explorations and discoveries from across the globe.
June 10, 2026
Beneath the streets of Rabat sits one of the most impressive catacomb systems I've ever walked through — a 1,700-year-old underground cemetery where Christians, Jews, and pagans were buried side by side, complete with stone tables for dining with the dead.
June 7, 2026
Ħaġar Qim was built around 3600 BCE — a thousand years before the Great Pyramid, centuries before the first stones at Stonehenge. For almost a decade it was the oldest place I'd ever stood. Almost nobody outside Malta knows it exists.
June 4, 2026
In 1885, a self-taught blacksmith named Henry Church Jr. spent years carving a political statement into a boulder in a Chagrin River forest — alone, at night, by lantern light. He never explained it. He never became famous. The rock is still there.
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Join me as I explore the world's oldest, weirdest, and most overlooked places. I travel to ancient ruins, abandoned sites, and obscure archaeological wonders—combining personal travel vlogs with documentary-style storytelling. It's exploration, history, and adventure with a human touch, plus occasional appearances by Artemis, my hiking cat.
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