Legendary Locations Season 1, Episode 7: Crystal Skull Obsession

Monuments, Mountains and Monsters

From the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula to the ruins of the Trojan battlefield in Turkey, Josh Gates weaves the tales and tells the secrets of the world's most legendary locations.

30 min

Back From the Dead

From the castle that inspired the home of an iconic vampire to the market where Santa's devilish sidekick stalks and scares holiday revelers, Josh Gates tells the stories of places where ...

30 min

Game of Bones and Unknowns

Josh explores the beauty of the spiritual realm, showcasing a German basilica said to house the bones of 11,000 virgins, a Japanese ice cave guarded by a dragon's spirit and a remote island where cats outnumber humans.

Lost and Found

Josh Gates explores the stories behind millionaire Jim Thompson's disappearance in Malaysia, an ancient city's collapse in Cambodia and a celebration of beliefs surrounding death in Bolivia.

Last Resorts

Josh Gates explores legendary places of protection, including a historic military fortress in Gibraltar, drug lord Pablo Escobar's secret Colombian hideaway and a floating kingdom on Peru's Lake Titicaca.

30 min

Portals to Punishment

Josh Gates explores sites where the journey is the destination, including a visit to "The Death Road" in Bolivia and Turkey's Göbekli Tepe, which may contain the oldest known megaliths.

Places of Power

Josh explores three iconic monuments, including the majestic Statue of Liberty and one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces -- the Blue Mosque.

Cults of Personality

Josh explores three locations where people connect with spirits and miracles, from a celebration honoring a mysterious American soldier on a remote Pacific island to portal to the dead in ...

Secrets in Stone

Josh explores three legendary locations where stone labyrinths hide something incredible, including a vast city carved deep into a canyon in the Jordanian desert and a dark South Pacific cave once used as a kitchen by a cannibal tribe.

23 min

If Walls Could Talk

Josh explores other great walls around the world, from a cursed fortress along India's Aravalli Mountains to a series of towering metal forks that once defended Britain from the Nazis and were taken over by pirates -- of radio.

30 min

Pi-Rat Paradise

Josh explores places where unusual heroes rule the day, from a legendary pirate paradise near Madagascar to a small Mexican town that celebrates a wealthy rancher's generosity with the most explosive festival on Earth.

Angels or Demons?

Josh Gates shines a light on places darkened by the past, from a mysterious mansion connected to a haunted heiress in California to a colorful festival commemorating the death of a demoness in India.

Fire of the Gods

Josh Gates explores places where destruction and creation exist in breathtaking concert, from the legendary Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine to a Spanish festival that culminates with a citywide inferno.