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Davis Memorial

They say love is fleeting, but one resident of Hiawatha, Kansas, set out to prove them wrong. When Sarah Davis died in 1930, her loving husband John Milburn Davis began erecting a memorial unlike any other. The Italian marble memorial in Mount Hope Cemetery contains statues depicting Sarah, John, and a few others, and was…

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Dolly Dimples

The giant girl statue in Silver Creek, NY, is named “Dolly Dimples”. I grew up there and saw that statue my whole life. Just thought you would like to know her name. She has been there for the 30 years I’ve been in the area. I think she came from a drive in restaurant down…

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Shadow Person

“I was living in a house in Laguna Beach that had been there since the 1920s. In its history, it had been a speakeasy, a brothel, and a house for smuggling illegal immigrants. “One day, my new wife and I were having an argument. I can’t even recall what it was about. She walked down…

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Leap Castle, Ireland

To experience a real castle, you’ve got to go to Europe. Leap Castle in Ireland is one of those real castles. Its haunting history almost precedes its reputation. Leap Castle – pronounced “lep” – is the most haunted castle in the world and one of Ireland’s most haunted places to go. Built over the top…

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Isla de las Muñecas, Mexico

Is there anything creepier than dolls? How about disused dolls that hang from trees a metro ride away from Mexico City? This disturbing island, Island of the Dolls, actually has a point. Xochimilco, in Mexico City’s suburbs, was once a center of agriculture. According to legend, a young girl drowned in the lake that the…

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