
Spirits at Rosses Point on the Wild Coast
Smugglers, pirates, fairies and ghosts all lurk in the shallow waters of Rosses Point, a place that even Irish writer Yeats claimed must have been one of the most haunted places in Ireland. Ireland’s lush landscapes have long been intertwined

Catalina's Ghost at Casa Lercaro
In a murky mansion on clear Tenerife, there is a legend about a ghost haunting the grounds. Catalina, the daughter of the manor's owner, allegedly threw herself into a well when she was forced to marry someone she didn't want

Borim Bridge, where ghostly whispers haunt Goa at night
The woman who jumped off the Borim Bridge in Goa is said to haunt the area, where the spirit is said to cling to the nearest human it encounters. But what really happened when the woman decided to jump off

The Haunted Agrasen Ki Baoli Stepwell and its Obscure Waters
In an historic stepwell beneath Delhi, the water of Agrasen Ki Baoli is said to have turned black and called people to jump to their deaths. Visitors and locals claim to have seen and heard strange things at the bottom,

Ledgelawn Summer Estate and the Ghost Bride in the Attic
Ledgelawn Summer Estate, a former summer home for the luxurious and wealthy in Maine, has long been haunted by the ghost of Mary Margaret, an abandoned bride who haunts the house in her wedding dress. Built in 1904 in the

Ghosts of the Spanish fleet trapped in Staad Abbey
After the Spanish Armada went up in flames in the North Sea, some of the soldiers sought refuge at Staad Abbey in Sligo, Ireland. However, many of them met a horrific fate. In the rugged embrace of County Sligo’s Atlantic

How the Incas built a giant staircase
Ollantaytambo is a town and Inca archaeological site in southern Peru, approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) by road northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an elevation of 2,792 metres (9,160 ft) above sea level in the

Did inbreeding cause the extinction of the woolly mammoth?
Marianne Dehasque and Love Dalen: In science, we tend to share our successes and ignore the less spectacular failures. We decided to take a different approach. This is the story of how multiple generations of scientists worked together to decipher

Haunted Face in the Rocks Below Santa Barbara Castle
On the white beach of Alicante, on the top of a rocky hill, as it has been for centuries, stands the castle of Santa Barbara. Legends circulate about the princess and her forbidden love, as well as about the ghosts