Slabtown; Yorktown Battlefield’s Hidden History Posted on16 September, 2018byBen Swenson This is the third in a six-part, yearlong series called Disappearing Virginia in Distinction magazine. This story originally appeared in the June issue as “The Sons and Daughters of Slabtown.” The letter...
Fezco went viral after it was revealed that he was senselessly abandoned at a North Carolina animal shelter allegedly due to concerns about his sexuality. According toThe Daily Mail, the pet was dropped off after his owners caught him mounting another male dog. Apparently, the homophobic owners ...
the trail begins at Monk Park (Around the Wye Neighborhood), and traverses north along Washington Street, through Downtown, then heading northwest along the abandoned rail line, ending at Rocky Mount Mills (Mill Village Neighborhood). The Happy ...
The answer is not so straightforward. The Land of Oz is located at the top of the Beech Mountain Ski Resort. At over 5,500 feet above sea level, it’s the highest town east of the Rocky Mountains, and the weather is temperamental. The park was initially conceived as ...
'Hunger Games': District 12 in Henry River Mill Village, North Carolina herdintheupstate This eerie place was already aghost townbefore the crew of this post-apocalyptic movie moved in, but it made the perfect setting for the famed dystopia inThe Hunger Games. The boom of visitors has since...
This retired late-1940s-early '50s Chevrolet-powered fire truck from the American Fire Apparatus Company of Battle Creek, Mich., was found in the small town of San Isidro, N.M. The American Fire Apparatus Co. dates back to 1937 and was closed in 1993. (Photos by Jim Meachen) Dodge ...
This western frontier town in Spain might be remembered as the movie set of the classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly but was also used for over 200 Westerns during the glory days of this genre. Eventually it was abandoned after the decline in popularity of these films but you can stil...
Studies of Korea’s DMZ and exclusion zones around the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants show how animals respond when humans flee.
”We confirm we will be knocking down these townhomes, which are not only an eyesore but a safety hazard,” said Silver Dollar City publicity director Lisa Rau. “We have no further announcement on how this property will be used in the future.”There...
town at the time of the murders, and strange behavior from visitors that indicate the possibility of possessions are just some of the activities that indicate a paranormal presence at the Villisca Axe Murder House. So while what happened there in 1912 makes it a terrifying place to be on its...