We are at the secluded part of the New Cemetery in Belgrade, under a century old trees. Here there is...
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The English Cemetery (also know as the St. George’s Cemetery) is the oldest Protestant cemetery in Spain. It was established...
Glasnevin Cemetery, in Irish Reilig Ghlas Naíon, is a large cemetery in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland which opened in 1832. It...
The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Begun in 1808 and first lit...
"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more." 🧜♀️ The tale of The Little Mermaid...
Like all states, also Maine has it’s weird and paranormal events throughout history. When the Spaniards came into the Southwest...
In the last several centuries before the fall of the Roman Empire (476 A.D.), Roman devotees of the goddess Cybele...
Not even death put an end to the luxurious lifestyles of some of Manila’s wealthy Chinese residents. Here, in the...
The discovery of gold at Ballarat in 1851 sparked Victoria’s famous gold rush of the 1850s. This led to the...
Exactly ten years ago, on a Friday afternoon, March 11, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off...
Boot Hill cemetery is located in downtown Tilden, Texas. It is one of the only two authentic cemeteries of its...
In Ireland and Wales, the annual Feast of Rhiannon is celebrated by some still today in honor of the Celtic/Welsh...
Black Shuck, Old Shuck, Old Shock or simply Shuck is the name given to a ghostly black dog which is...
At 6,962 metres (22,840ft), Mt. Aconcagua is the tallest peak in the Americas and, nestled high in the Andes near...
When you see the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, you probably think, "Oh, what a beautiful lighthouse!" But – there is more,...
It was drawn 2,000 years ago and does not depict superheroes, cute little animals or thieves in a luxury car,...
In history there were multiple St. Valentines (including decapitated ones) but, apparently, was a medieval poet who first established the...
The Romans held their dead in great respect. They were "di manes", the "good" dead, or honoured ancestors never to...
The "Sin-Eater" is a profession that survived until the last century: in short, grieving family members of a recently deceased...
We are in Beddgelert, North Wales, just south of Snowdon. Meaning literally the grave of Gelert, Beddgelert was once described...
It was autumn 1819 when the body of a 15-year old girl was found floating along the estuary of the...
Don McLean is a refined American singer-songwriter born in 1945, who has never been a star of the first magnitude...
It is rumored that the Broomway, a 600-year-old footpath connecting the coast of Essex to Foulness Island, in the UK,...
When people speak of "potentially-deadly books", they usually refer to the radical or controversial ideas they contain, but in thw...
The world-famous writer Jules Verne died of diabetes at the age of 77 on March 24, 1905, in Amiens, France,...
The so-called Squire’s Castle sits upon a slight hilltop right off of Chagrin River Road just north of Route 6...
We are on the Danish island of Funen (Fyn), near Odense. Hidden among the dusty rafters beneath Egeskov Castle spire...
In short, it is said that the lady of this Renaissance castle had the architect thrown into the moat and...
Inaugurated on August 6, 1882 and designed by the engineer Enrico Gattinoni, the Monumental Cemetery of Lecco represents a real...
Once known as the central marketplace of Norwich, England, the name of this historic alley, Tombland, is a bit misleading,...
