There’s something about cemeteries that always tell a story of their own. You can read the headstones and learn about the generations before you. You can learn about the kind of lives they lived, and what brought them to their… Read More »The Iron Crosses of Dawson Cemetery in New Mexico
Many stories abound about the construction of the dam, making it one of the most deadly public works projects of the early 20th century.
This ghost town in Washington is a popular place to visit, with remarkably well preserved buildings and artifacts left behind that make the difficult trip to get to the Monte Cristo Ghost Town worth the hike.
From a 1500s destruction of the former town, to a bustling state capital, and finally, an archeological site lending more knowledge about the tribes who called it home before colonization.
The hauntings began very shortly after the opening of the hotel.
Virginia City isn’t just a lovely place to visit for wild west history, it’s also filled with the ghosts of previous occupants, still stuck in the gold rush days.
At its height, nearly 11,000 people lived in this exciting town. It earned the moniker of “the Wildest Town in the West,” from its 37 saloons and a dozen bordellos serving the bustling town.
The legend says that the man was the victim of a botched dynamite blast to uncover more gold in the mountains.
In 1916, a young girl named Dorothy Dunn and her friends were playing in a dredge pond near a local creek when the three of them stepped off a shelf in the water and were plunged into the depths.