A group of over 100 colonists settled on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in 1587, led by Sir Walter Raleigh. John White, the governor of the colony, returned to England for supplies in 1587.

A group of over 100 colonists settled on North Carolina's Roanoke Island in 1587, led by Sir Walter Raleigh. John White, the governor of the colony, returned to England for supplies in 1587.

The Lost Colony is a classic outdoor drama performed in Manteo with a re-imagined look this season.

North Carolina’s coast is a hub for art, entertainment, natural beauty and tasty food. Join us as we sample delicious seafood and experience a new take on a classic play.

The story of The Lost Colony of Roanoke has been performed in song and dance for over 80 years at an outdoor theater on the Outer Banks — a production many North Carolina students attend each year.

How to watch SW Onslow vs. Roanoke Rapids girls soccer SW Onslow and Roanoke Rapids will match up on Monday, May 19, at 6 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network.

The ‘amateur archaeologist’ says he’s discovered proof of what happened to the colony members who completely vanished from the site of one of the U.S.’s greatest mysteries.

Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded historians for centuries. The caper concerns a group of some 100 ...

Stock image: Illustration depicts John White (c. 1540 - c1593) and others as they find a tree into which the word "CROATOAN" had been carved on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1590.

The Roanoke colony established by Walter Raleigh in what became North Carolina in 1584 included five Irishmen. One of them, Edward Nugent, murdered Pemisipan, chieftain of the indigenous Roanoke ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Archaeologists say an unearthed copper earring likely came from European explorers who made up part of the "Lost Colony" in modern-day Roanoke Island, North Carolina.