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  • Jul112024
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    The Legend of the Badlands Banshee Haunting the Prairie

    From the Dakota prairies comes the legend of a wailing woman who haunts the area known as the Badlands. It…

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  • Jul112024
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    The Mythical Sunstone The Vikings used it to navigate their warships

    Sunstone is a type of mineral attested in numerous written sources in Iceland from the 13th–14th centuries, one of which…

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  • Jul102024
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    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…

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  • Jul082024
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    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…

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  • Jul072024
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    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…

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  • Jul052024
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    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…

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  • Jul042024
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    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…

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  • Jul032024
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    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…

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  • Jul032024
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    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…

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  • Jul022024
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    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…

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