Mysterious Places with Stacy Keach

In the deserts of Northwest New Mexico, Chaco Canyon is an archaeological site rich with information, much of it still buried underground. Archaeologists estimate that for every one excavated structure there may be hundreds unexcavated. Astronomers, archaeologists and experts visit this expansive and remarkable settlement where we begin to piece together the mysteries of the Anasazi culture.

Why was Salem the site of the world's most infamous witch trials? How were witches "proven" guilty? What drove the hysteria? Historians, psychiatrists, and practicing witches seek out answers, as we visit sites in Salem (the Witch House, the Peabody-Essex Museum, Crow Haven Corner), and Danvers (the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, the Village Parsonage).

Even after years of in-depth study, this crude yet stunning arrangement of stones known as Stonehenge in the English countryside continues to astound. Who built it? What was its use? Was it a sun temple? A spiritual center? Or is there another, more current theory? What do we learn from the research of modern scholars and the ancient practices of the druids?

Tales of chivalry, romance and spiritual quest in one of England's most sacred sites. Was King Arthur really buried the Abbey of Glastonbury? Is the Holy Grail hidden in the red healing waters of "Chalice Well"? Do the grassy ridges that circle the Tor indicate that this tower on a hill was once the Isle of Avalon?

Beautiful and mysterious, the Land's End Peninsula in Cornwall embraces an astonishing range of ancient monuments. We'll explore the history of this ageless landscape by the sea. How did these ancient sites come to be built at Land's End? Are they aligned by astronomy? Are they organized along the energy Ley Lines that mystics detect beneath the grassy knolls of this breathtaking site?

Chichen Itza is one of the most impressive of all the Mayan cities found scattered throughout Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Here we discover such mysterious structures as El Caracol, known as the Temple of the Warriors, and the magnificent pyramid known as El Castillo. What kind of rituals took place here? Did astronomy play an important role in the lives of the ancient Maya?