Mummified Sailor Found on Ghost Vessel
The naturally mummified body of German adventurer Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was found by two fishermen who spotted a battered vessel in the Philippine Sea about 60 miles from Barabo. View full post on...
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Ballarat Ghost Town in Ballarat, California
In the Panamint Valley of the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles northeast of Bakersfield, the abandoned town of Ballarat once hustled with plenty of gold prospectors — enough people to support a stop...
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Ballarat Ghost Town in Inyo County, California
In the Panamint Valley of the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles northeast of Bakersfield, the abandoned town of Ballarat once hustled with plenty of gold prospectors — enough people to support a stop...
View ArticleIs the Ghost of Richard III a Football Fan?
Citizens of Leicester are feeling the glow of a re-discovered king and a resurgent soccer team. View full post on LiveScience
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Peppersauce Ghost Town in Calico Rock, Arkansas
Like many nascent 1800s settlements, East Calico (the original and oldest portion of what is now Calico Rock) started as a trading post for French traders and trappers traveling the White River....
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Chamberí Ghost Station in Madrid, Spain
Travellers on the Madrid Metro’s line 1 (the “blue” line) have probably noticed an old station flashing through the train car’s windows for a few seconds between the Bilbao and Iglesia stops. This is...
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Blue Ghost Fireflies in Hendersonville, North Carolina
No matter how delightful and wondrous a flying, twinkling creature may be, the southeastern United States is rife with lightning bugs (or fireflies, depending on your dialectic predilections). But...
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City West Ghost Town in Chesterton, Indiana
Though Chicago grew up to become America’s third biggest city, 30 years before the Civil War it wasn’t much of a place. In the early-1800s, Chicago still only had about 200 residents. Hounded by...
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Old Bluffton Underwater Ghost Town in Llano County, Texas
Old Bluffton, about an hour northwest of Austin, Texas, was a pitstop on a stagecoach line in the mid-1800s. One of the first towns in the Texas Hill Country, it was home to 50 families and the land...
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Old Bluffton Underwater Ghost Town in Burnet, Texas
Old Bluffton, about an hour northwest of Austin, Texas, was a pitstop on a stagecoach line in the mid-1800s. One of the first towns in the Texas Hill Country, it was home to 50 families and the land...
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Ghost Palace Hotel in Baturiti, Indonesia
Near the road from hard-partying Kuta to picturesque Lake Beratan, a massive luxury resort stretches languorously down a mountain ridge—not a particularly notable sight, but for the fact that this...
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Oatman Ghost Town in Oatman, Arizona
As the Old Route 66 ascends into the Black Mountains of western Arizona, drivers on the Mother Road will go dozens of miles without passing any signs of life—that is, until they are stopped in their...
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Chloride Ghost Town in Chloride, Arizona
Located just a short drive from the deteriorating town of Santa Claus, Chloride seems to resemble any kitschy Wild West village turned tourist trap. But if you look a little deeper, you’ll find...
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Jeffrey City Ghost Town in Jeffrey City, Wyoming
A once thriving uranium mining town, Jeffrey City now sits forgotten, forlorn, rotting away in the Wyoming sun, rain and snow. It started in 1931, when Beulah Peterson Walker found herself in...
View Article‘Ghost Forests’ Appear As Rising Seas Kill Trees
The forests of dead trees are prevalent along the mid-Atlantic coast, where sea level rise is rapid. View full post on Live Science
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Custer Ghost Town in Custer, Idaho
Custer, Idaho is riddled with the hints of its former activity, like iron mining equipment rusted to a halt in overgrown grass and bullet holes in the poker table left after a skirmish. Custer grew...
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Custer Ghost Town in Stanley, Idaho
Custer, Idaho is riddled with the hints of its former activity, like iron mining equipment rusted to a halt in overgrown grass and bullet holes in the poker table left after a skirmish. Custer grew...
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Kostel Svatého Jiří Ghost Church in Manětín, Czech Republic
Kostel svatého Jiří (St. George’s Church) in Luková, Czech Republic, has been neglected for more than 40 years. Believing it to be haunted, the congregation refused to set foot into the church, which...
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Tyneham Ghost Village in Tyneham, England
In November of 1943 the villagers of Tyneham were given an evacuation notice by Winston Churchill’s war cabinet. British forces had to be trained in modern combat in preparation for D-Day and, it was...
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Tyneham Ghost Village in Dorset, England
In November of 1943 the villagers of Tyneham were given an evacuation notice by Winston Churchill’s war cabinet. British forces had to be trained in modern combat in preparation for D-Day and, it was...
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