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The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz discovered a mother lode of gold in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years.
The current bridge is also a popular filming location for car commercials. [70] The United States Postal Service featured the bridge in 2012 on a Priority Mail postage stamp. Carl T. Hermann worked on the painting and the digital illustration was created by artist Dan Cosgrove. [71]
Craco is a ghost town and comune in the province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.It was abandoned towards the end of the 20th century, due to faulty pipe work that was thought to have failed, causing the town to be abandoned due to a landslide.
Plaza de las Tres Culturas or Plaza de Tlatelolco in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City: the history of location dates to before the 15th century; at this time several tragic events took place. In the Pre-Columbian era , it was the most important market in Mesoamerica but was also a public execution place. [ 70 ]
Some notable locations include Fort Santiago, [2] [20] Casa Manila, [21] itself located in the reportedly haunted Plaza San Luis Complex, [22] the ruins of the Aduana Building, the Baluarte de San Diego, and the Manila Cathedral. [23] [24] La Salle Green Hills, Mandaluyong: One classroom is said to be haunted by a poltergeist. [25]
While tabloid coverage of these creatures has claimed that tales of black-eyed children have existed since the 1980s, [5] most sources indicate that the legend originated from 1996 postings written by Texas reporter Brian Bethel on a "ghost-related mailing list," relating two alleged encounters with "black-eyed kids."
During the Civil War, the area that would become Scary, West Virginia was the site of the first Confederate victory in Kanawha Valley on July 17, 1861. [2] [3] This is commemorated by two distinct plaques, very near to each other, in the town today.
A fifteen-mile stretch of the A75, between Annan and Dumfries, is reported to be haunted. [1]Abergeldie Castle; Ackergill Tower; Airth Castle [2] [3]; Ardrossan Castle is said to be haunted by the ghost of William Wallace.