Tag: historical-mysteries
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The Hill of Crosses, Lithuania: Inside the Baltic Mound of 100,000 Defiant Crucifixes
A windswept mound blanketed by 200,000 crucifixes, KGB midnight bulldozers, and rattling rosaries: explore Lithuania's Hill of Crosses (Kryžių Kalnas).
Waverly Hills Sanatorium, USA: Inside Kentucky’s Gothic Fortress of the White Plague and the Body Chute
Tudor Gothic batwing corridors, radical pre-antibiotic surgeries, and the 500-foot underground Death Tunnel: explore Kentucky's historic Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
Craco, Italy: Inside the Medieval Ghost Citadel Hanging over the Basilicata Badlands
A crumbling Norman citadel perched over fractured clay canyons: explore the ancient history, catastrophic landslides, and cinema fame of Italy's ghost town of Craco.
Port Arthur, Australia: Inside the British Empire’s Inescapable Gothic Penal Citadel
Shark-patrolled waters, the silent separate prison, and the Isle of the Dead: explore Port Arthur, the formidable 19th-century penal colony in Van Diemen's Land.