Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

The Lost Colony' redirects here. For other uses, see Lost Colony (disambiguation).
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site' preserves the location of Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America.
The historic site is off of U.S. Highway 64 on the north end of Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's "Lost Colony" remains a mystery. The site is also home to the outdoor symphonic drama Paul Green's The Lost Colony, performed in the Waterside Theatre during the summer since 1937 and presented by the Roanoke Island Historical Association. Within the historic site are the Elizabethan Gardens, managed by the Garden Club of North Carolina, created as a memorial to the first colonists and as an example of a period garden. (...) more....