Sherborne St John, England
The Vyne
Alongside its 16th- and 17th-century architecture and interiors, this mansion houses an Ancient Roman ring that some believe may have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Sherborne St John, England
Alongside its 16th- and 17th-century architecture and interiors, this mansion houses an Ancient Roman ring that some believe may have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.
Florida, Massachusetts
Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.
Adams, Massachusetts
The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.
Manchester, Vermont
An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.
Cornish, New Hampshire
The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Menands, New York
The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.
Lake George, New York
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
Lake George, New York
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
Berlin, Germany
David Robert Jones was a Berliner — from 1976–1978
Montgomery, Alabama
A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Danbury, Connecticut
Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
Benton Harbor, Michigan
The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Hagley, England
An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.
Los Angeles, California
Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.
Cedar, Michigan
The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.