Category: Places

Coventry man’s garden shed is haunted chapel and comes complete with own ghost!

When Jamie and his wife Gillian moved into the cottage in Broad Street, not far from the Brinklow Castle historic monument, four years ago they […]

The Abandoned Subway Station In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Actually Exists

If you see “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” there’s a scene midway through the movie that shows Peter Parker Andrew Garfield exploring an abandoned subway station […]

Inner Space Service Station petrol station in York hoping to trade in space ’employs’ Transformer, Storm Trooper and Daleks

A petrol station owner in York is hoping to trade in space one day and has even fitted his shop with characters from sci-fi films […]

Rest of the Best: 10 Best Houston Urban Legends

Houston is a big diverse city with a big diverse population, and that more often than not leads to a whole lot of different levels […]

The Zoological Museum of Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The zoological museum at Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania is a bit tricky to find. You’ll need to roam long halls edged with unmarked doors […]

The Bennington Triangle and the Man-Eating Stone of Glastonbury Mountain

There’s been a lot of focus lately, on weird happenings in faraway lands. The middle-east, Russia, Asia, even Australia, which from a Can-Am-centric worldview I’m […]

Egypt unveils exact replica of Tutankhamun’s tomb made with a 3D printer

The most famous of all Egyptian burial sites, Tutankhamun’s tomb, has been replicated with a 3D exact facsimile in a project led by a British […]

Google’s 3D Angkor online

Drawing on over one million photos, Google has taken the Angkor Wat temple complex into the digital realm, allowing anyone with internet access to enjoy […]

Abandoned Pripyat – Then and Now

Abandoned Pripyat – Then and NowOld footage before the Chernobyl disaster compared to newer photos taken from similar locations in the abandoned city of Pripyat. […]

Homeowner disputes history of ‘Conjuring’ house

The family that currently lives in the Harrisville house depicted in “The Conjuring” says the movie has made their lives a living nightmare.Producers said last […]

Loch Ness monster a serpentine water deity, according to Buddhist leader

The Loch Ness Monster could be confirmed as a “spiritual entity” when a new Buddhist centre opens in the Highlands, it was revealed today.Britain’s first […]

Scottish fact of the week: The Loch Morar Monster

NOPE, that’s not a typo. This week’s Scottish fact focuses on Morag, the lesser-known monster inhabiting Loch Morar, in the Lochaber region. read more: Scottish […]

Vortex at Thompson Park among 50 paranormal destinations highlighted by tourism website

A source of intrigue for more than a century, the so-called vortex at Thompson Park is among 50 paranormal destinations on a “haunted trail” across […]

An Armchair Tour of Britain’s White Horses

Living in Wiltshire, I regularly find myself driving past white horses that have been etched into the countryside. A number of these white horses I […]

The XXX-Files: Is Area 69, A Brothel Near Area 51, Spying on Government Secrets?

Not far up the road from the top secret military base Area 51 aka ‘Groom Lake’, ‘Dreamland’ etc lies Area 69 – another location with […]

Kelpies sculptures open to public in Falkirk

  • April 22, 2014
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The 300 tonne, 98ft 30m horse head sculptures were created by Glasgow artist Andy Scott and sit in Helix Park, Falkirk, near the M9.Work to […]

Top stars heading for Sheffield film and comic con

Doctor Who and The A-Team stars are among big name actors coming to Sheffield for a film and comic convention.Collector fair organiser Showmasters has announced […]

One Man Lives Alone In This Submerged Argentine Ghost Town

For 60 years, Villa Epecuén, a small Argentine town located about five hours southwest of Buenos Aires, hosted European vacationers who had come to bathe […]

New chapel found at site of ‘Easter’ abbey

Archaeologists have located a hidden chapel at the site of an abbey where the date of the country’s Easter celebrations were first set.A team from […]

The world’s most haunted island is up for auction

Tourists are banned and it’s said to be the most haunted location in the world; the island of Poveglia is only minutes from where the […]

Is THIS the Loch Ness Monster? Apple’s Maps satellite image may have found Nessie | Mail Online

  • April 18, 2014
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Looking for the Loch Ness Monster? There’s an app for that.Amazing images of a creature swimming below the surface of the world famous loch have […]

Blackbrook Zoological Park in the Staffordshire Moorlands has been sold | Leek Post & Times

A buyer has been found for a tourist spot in the Staffordshire Moorlands.Blackbrook Zoological Park, in Winkhill near Leek, had been put into administration after […]

Folklore of Yorkshire -Kai Roberts (Book Preview)

The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in Britain, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of shared […]

1 in 8 Brits say their home is haunted

Whenever you move to a new house, it can take a little while to get used to the strange sounds that emanate from buildings – […]

From a ‘mer-chicken’ to the Shapwick Monster here are five weird Dorset legends you might not know.

Dorset is home to some weird and wonderful tales. Here are five you really should know. via From a ‘mer-chicken’ to the Shapwick Monster here […]