STRANGE GEOGRAPHIES

An 1847 illustration of the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus during an earlier Arctic expedition, by James Wilson Carmichael.

Little Weesy Coppin, the Ghost That Foretold the Franklin Expedition’s Fate

The British ships HMS 'Terror' and HMS 'Erebus' had vanished while searching for the Northwest Passage. A young Irish ghost purportedly knew where they were.

Disney Has a Pair of Abandoned Properties

Not everything at Disney Parks is new and shiny.

10 Legendary (and Probably Made-Up) Islands

These imaginary isles all have a place in world history, literature, or mythology—despite not having a place on the map.

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The Town Built On Asbestos (Population: 3)

Wittenoom has no electricity, or running water, and was stricken from Australian maps back in 2007. So why do three holdouts still call the contaminated land home?

The Deadly Train Crash That Started a Trend

In 1896, two locomotives traveling more than 50 miles per hour smashed into each other. On purpose.

Strange Geographies: Portugal's Bone Chapel

"We bones here, for yours await." Nice and creepy.

Strange Geographies: The Fjords of New Zealand

New Zealand boasts some of the world's most beautiful fjords... within an enormous and mostly unpopulated wilderness known as Fjordland.