local history

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• Abandoned Places

Hellingly Mental Hospital: the story of an asylum

6 years ago Ivan

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• Travel

Pozzo del Diavolo: was this cave created by Hercules’s wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

6 years ago Ivan

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• Lighthouses of the world

The frozen lighthouse of Cleveland, Ohio

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Rosa Bathurst, the sleeping beauty of the Tiber river

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• Food

Pfunds Molkerei: in Germany, the world’s most beautiful dairy shop!

6 years ago Anya

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• People, mysteries and stories

The bedside ghost of Edenton’s Cupola House~

6 years ago Leo S

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• Lighthouses of the world

The leaning Lighthouse of Puerto Morelos, Mexico

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Historical Regatta: in the Grand Canal the ancient Venetian maritime tradition between races and historical re-enactments

6 years ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The ghosts of Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah

6 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Chichen Itza Chirp: clapping at base of an ancient pyramid echoes the call of a sacred bird

6 years ago Robin

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• Food

Doodle Soup: a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades~

6 years ago Nathan

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• Abandoned Places

SS United States and its unknown fate

6 years ago Nathan

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• History

The ghosts of Cold Harbor battlefield – Mechanicsville, Virginia

6 years ago Leo S

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• History

When London burned: 1666’s Great Fire

6 years ago Robin

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• Lighthouses of the world

Roosevelt Island Lighthouse: a little lighthouse in New York surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction

6 years ago Nathan

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Hands of madness: Italino and his grave at Staglieno Monumental Cemetery

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• Travel

Anundshög – the Sweden’s largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king

6 years ago Ivan

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• Food

Smearcase: a cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese still served in a few Baltimore bakeries.

6 years ago Nathan

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• Abandoned Places

Z Ward: a perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.

6 years ago Nathan

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• Myths and Legends

The Tar River Banshee~

6 years ago Leo S

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• Lighthouses of the world

Créac’h: the most powerful lighthouse in Europe

6 years ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Elizabeth: the “Witch” of Union-Udell Cemetery, Ypsilanti – Michigan

6 years ago Leo S

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• Food

George Crum: the man who invented the potato chip

6 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Yangzhou Zhongshuge: this Chinese library’s interior is designed to look like an infinite tunnel of books

6 years ago Ivan

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• Food

Kek Lapis Sarawak: the Malaysia’s most complex dessert

6 years ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

The legend of the haunted house known as Villa Clara

6 years ago Anya

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• People, mysteries and stories

The curious folktale of Blowing Rock, North Carolina

6 years ago Leo S

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• History

Buried at 2,000 meters high: the inaccessible sarcophagi of Karajia in Peru

6 years ago Adam

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• Travel

Air Sinai: the ghost airline that has linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for decades

6 years ago Ivan

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• Abandoned Places

Old Olympia Beer Brewery of Tumwater Falls – Washington

6 years ago Nathan

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• People, mysteries and stories

The (real?) story of the Surrency ghosts – Georgia

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Souter Lighthouse | England

6 years ago Ivan

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The bizarre fame of Victor Noir, the man who boasts the “Sexiest” tomb in Père-Lachaise cemetery

6 years ago Robin

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• Travel

Bangkok’s “David Beckham Temple”: one of the world’s weirdest religious buildings

6 years ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

The curious story of Glasgow Sherbet Factory ruins – Scotland

6 years ago Ivan

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• Myths and Legends

Bride-and-Seek: an urban legend and the origins of a Ghost Bride

6 years ago Leo S

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• Lighthouses of the world

Saint-Louise – Sète’s historic Lighthouse

6 years ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Moscowa Cemetery & Crematorium – Arnhem, Netherlands

6 years ago Robin

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• People, mysteries and stories

The ghost of Alice Riley and the legend spanish moss

6 years ago Leo S

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• Lighthouses of the world

Tourlitis Lighthouse: The magical Greek Lighthouse

6 years ago Ivan

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Hans Christian Andersen and his borrowed grave at Assistens Kirkegård in Copenaghen

6 years ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

Port: the Irish ghost village off the map.

6 years ago Leo S