Past expeditions
Every Daily Expedition is a five-stop journey with a hidden theme — five mystery places around the world, connected by one idea. Here are the ones that have already run, each with the places revealed and the geography behind them. A new expedition departs every day at midnight GMT.
- 2 October 2026 Cartographer · Towns built on copper mining
- 1 October 2026 Explorer · Cities where commercial airliners are assembled
- 30 September 2026 Casual · Home towns of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- 29 September 2026 Cartographer · Towns where a canal crosses a river on a bridge
- 28 September 2026 Explorer · Towns with no road connection to the outside world
- 27 September 2026 Casual · Cities where Albert Einstein lived and worked
- 26 September 2026 Cartographer · Former waterfront towns stranded by a vanishing lake or sea
- 25 September 2026 Explorer · Great ports of the Hanseatic League
- 24 September 2026 Casual · Host towns of the Winter Olympics
- 23 September 2026 Cartographer · Towns built to house the workers of a giant dam
- 22 September 2026 Explorer · Filming locations of James Bond films
- 21 September 2026 Casual · Cities rebuilt from the rubble of the Second World War
- 20 September 2026 Explorer · Home shores of legendary lake monsters
- 19 September 2026 Cartographer · Settlements founded by and for freed slaves
- 18 September 2026 Explorer · Sites where landmark early-human fossils were discovered
- 17 September 2026 Cartographer · Home turf of self-declared micronations
- 16 September 2026 Explorer · Cities swept by a locally named wind
- 15 September 2026 Casual · Towns synonymous with a famous wine
- 14 September 2026 Explorer · Key places in the life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- 13 September 2026 Cartographer · Towns above deep-underground laboratories hunting neutrinos and dark matter
- 12 September 2026 Explorer · Towns sitting in or beside confirmed meteorite impact craters
- 11 September 2026 Casual · Towns where people live in homes dug into the rock
- 10 September 2026 Cartographer · Places with a chemical element named after them
- 9 September 2026 Explorer · Home to a giant single-dish radio telescope
- 8 September 2026 Cartographer · Historic whaling ports
- 7 September 2026 Explorer · Hubs of the global diamond trade
- 6 September 2026 Casual · Towns that gave their name to a history-changing battle
- 5 September 2026 Explorer · Places that witnessed historic firsts in powered flight
- 4 September 2026 Cartographer · Landing stations of the first great undersea telegraph cables
- 3 September 2026 Explorer · Where two seas visibly meet
- 2 September 2026 Casual · Towns built on natural hot springs
- 1 September 2026 Cartographer · Towns where a tidal bore surges upriver
- 31 August 2026 Explorer · Ports of call on Darwin's voyage aboard HMS Beagle
- 30 August 2026 Casual · Cities built where two great rivers meet
- 29 August 2026 Explorer · Towns where a world-famous dish was invented
- 28 August 2026 Cartographer · True enclaves — towns completely surrounded by a single foreign country
- 27 August 2026 Explorer · Towns that made their fortunes from salt
- 26 August 2026 Casual · Cities that grew up beside a great waterfall
- 25 August 2026 Cartographer · Real places depicted in world-famous paintings
- 24 August 2026 Explorer · Towns built by a single company
- 23 August 2026 Casual · Headquarters cities of famous car manufacturers
- 22 August 2026 Explorer · Towns where history-changing agreements were signed
- 21 August 2026 Cartographer · Places that hold a world weather record
- 20 August 2026 Cartographer · Towns built by a gold or silver rush
- 19 August 2026 Cartographer · Cities that changed country without moving
- 18 August 2026 Explorer · Towns founded or taken over by Norse settlers
- 17 August 2026 Cartographer · Stations on the Trans-Siberian Railway
- 16 August 2026 Explorer · Cities whose names are plain descriptions
- 15 August 2026 Cartographer · Capitals almost nobody can name
- 14 August 2026 Explorer · Cities on the world's great freshwater lakes
- 13 August 2026 Casual · Cities defined by one annual festival
- 12 August 2026 Cartographer · Cities that were once the largest on earth
- 11 August 2026 Explorer · Ruined cities abandoned to the wilderness
- 10 August 2026 Casual · Cities that have held the world's tallest building
- 9 August 2026 Cartographer · Towns guarding the world's shipping chokepoints
- 8 August 2026 Explorer · Cities built around a great ship canal
- 7 August 2026 Casual · Towns still ringed by their medieval walls
- 6 August 2026 Cartographer · Ports at the mouth of a great river
- 5 August 2026 Explorer · Towns north of the Arctic Circle
- 4 August 2026 Casual · Cities known for a single famous monument
- 3 August 2026 Cartographer · Towns cut in two by an international border
- 2 August 2026 Explorer · The world's southernmost towns
- 1 August 2026 Casual · Cities built in the desert
- 31 July 2026 Cartographer · Places that sit below sea level
- 30 July 2026 Explorer · Cities that lost the capital title
- 29 July 2026 Casual · Capitals of island nations
- 28 July 2026 Cartographer · Cities living in the shadow of an active volcano
- 27 July 2026 Explorer · Capitals built from scratch to be capitals
- 26 July 2026 Casual · Cities named after a real person
- 25 July 2026 Cartographer · Cities sitting on the line of zero latitude
- 24 July 2026 Explorer · The world's highest capital cities
- 23 July 2026 Casual · The country's largest city, but not its capital
- 22 July 2026 Casual · Places that gave their name to a food
- 21 July 2026 Cartographer · Stops along the Silk Road
- 20 July 2026 Explorer · Cities that changed their names
- 19 July 2026 Explorer · Cities on the 40th parallel north
- 18 July 2026 Casual · Cities divided by water
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