There is a town in Michigan called Hell and it is for sale for $999,666.
A currently populated, unincorporated mining town in the United States…
A currently populated, unincorporated mining town in the United States seceded from the Union in 1850, forming the “Great Republic of Rough and Ready”. Secession was rescinded less than three months later when its citizens noticed that they could not celebrate US independence.
There is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern…
There is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern border of North Korea. It is known as a “Propaganda Village” and was used as a decoy to lure South Korean defectors.
Residents of the village of Shitterton in England grew so…
Residents of the village of Shitterton in England grew so tired of people stealing a sign with the village name on it they replaced it with a 1.5 tonne block of stone with the village name inscribed upon it.
There’s an ordinary-looking stream in Yorkshire that’s actually…
There’s an ordinary-looking stream in Yorkshire that’s actually a full size river compressed into a narrow channel, and it’s thought that no-one who’s fallen in has ever survived. “At its narrowest point the Strid is only about two metres wide, and foolhardy visitors have in the past tried to jump across the roaring chasm. Failure […]
There are areas where it is common for people to live over…
There are areas where it is common for people to live over 100 years are known as “Blue Zones”. There are 5 on Earth: Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California; and Icaria, Greece.
The world’s only diamond mine open to the public is…
The world’s only diamond mine open to the public is in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Visitors can keep whatever gems they find, and over 31,000 diamonds have been found since it became a state park in 1972.
The city of Cincinnati has a subway system that…
The city of Cincinnati has a subway system that was built and never used.
Hangleton Manor, the oldest secular building in Hove, England, has a cursed…
Hangleton Manor, the oldest secular building in Hove, England, has a cursed dovecote reputedly haunted by ghost pigeons.
The town of Why, Arizona was originally to be named “Y” because two major…
The town of Why, Arizona was originally to be named “Y” because two major highways, State Routes 85 and 86, originally intersected in a Y-intersection but the state requires at least 3 letters in its city names.