5. Others Think the Holy Grail is in the United States
In Accokeek, a small town in Maryland, there is a local story that a priest of the Jesuit order smuggled himself onto the ship captained by John Smith in the early seventeenth century. He had descended from the Knights Templar and had in his possession the Holy Grail. He believed that it was his mission to take the grail away from power-seekers in Europe, to a land where it would be safe. That land is now Accokeek, Maryland. Few aside from Accokeek are familiar with this legend, and the fact that the name of the priest is not even known makes the story dubious. Nobody knows where in Accokeek the grail is supposed to be.
Another story assumes the chalice is contained within the most secure facility in the world: Fort Knox. The legend has at least part of its basis in the fact that the degree of security implemented at Fort Knox is quite extensive for a few billion dollars worth of gold. Theorists contend that there is something much more valuable being held there, and that thing of value may very well be the Holy Grail. Along with the grail is the Ark of the Covenant and some of the wood from the cross of Jesus, whose DNA has been analyzed as having a triple helix rather than a double helix. Little is told of how the grail may have gotten to Fort Knox.