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Waidhofen, Germany
Hinterkaifeck Memorial
A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.
31 days of halloween
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
lakes
Where Have All the Lake Balls Gone?
Gainesville, Florida
Historic Haile Homestead
Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.
Portobelo, Panama
Black Christ of Portobelo
A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.
Northwest Territories
Grave of the Mad Trapper of Rat River
A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.
Edisto Island, South Carolina
Edisto Mystery Tree
This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.
Torwood, Scotland
Torwood Blue Pool
The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.
31 days of halloween
Who Put Bella In the Witch Elm?
museums
The Curse of the Stolen Amethyst
Is this gemstone responsible for more than a century of tragedy?
Adelaide, Australia
Grave of the Tamam Shud Man
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Lake Michigan Triangle
Paranormal activity on the great lakes.
Permanently Closed
Ariel, Washington
D.B. Cooper Day at the Ariel General Store & Tavern
An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.
Fremont, California
Berkeley Mystery Walls
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Heraklion, Greece
Phaistos Disc
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Rosser, Manitoba
Cement Cemetery
Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.
Cape Otway, Australia
Frederick Valentich Memorial Plaque
A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace.
Hanover, New Hampshire
Panarchy Tomb Room
The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.
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