In 1635, a group of about 100 colonists from Wiltshire, England led by a Rev. Thomas Parker and cousin Rev. James Noyes, along with the latter’s brother Nicholas, settled and a place called Newbury Plantation, in Essex County, Massachusetts. It started off as mostly a small and modest settlement, but would expand as the colonists. Read more »
Turkmenistan President is going to close the Gates of Hell. Since you can t go to the hell on Earth anymore, here are 5 other equally out-of-the-world places that you can visit.
Some creepy old abandoned villages really seem to attract to them some odd tales. In 1778, two English colonists by the names of Johnathan Randall Esq. and Obediah Higinbotham evacuated their homes on the coast of Cranston, Rhode Island, in anticipation of a British attack during the Battle of Rhode Island of 1778, and settled. Read more »
The world of cryptozoology covers some vast ground. From lake monsters, to Bigfoot, to other lesser known mystery beasts. Some of these stories take us into some strange territory, indeed, and area of this takes us back to creatures that should have been extinct long ago, but which still seem to lurk out in the. Read more »
A pool in Dartmoor, England, was rumored to have no bottom and is said to be haunted by a witch. Crazywell Pool (also known as Clasiwell Pool), which is located near the village of Princetown, was initially thought to have been a natural lake; however, it was later suggested that it was an old tin. Read more »