Odds and Ends

Opened in 1927, Hollywood's Hotel Roosevelt proudly claims the title of being the oldest continually running hotel in Los Angeles. However, one title that the hotel does not proudly put on display is that it is also one of the creepiest haunted places in California. For two years, the famous... Sign in to see full entry.

Leave it to the Italians to break a beloved food record. The world’s largest pizza was made in Rome, Italy by Roman chefs in 2012. The "Record Pizza Men" of NIP food industries made a pizza that stood above the rest. The gluten-free pizza took over forty-eight continuous hours to make. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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In 1965, the two brothers Harry and Grover Robbins tried to turn the ski resort on Beech Mountain into a year-round attraction. When they found an area that was reminiscent of a place in Wizard of Oz, they decided to construct Land of Oz based on L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz books. The Land of Oz is... Sign in to see full entry.

Maryland's Gold Mine Trail, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park, home to the strange and haunting, "Tommy Knockers," who are a special type of ghost that inhabit's mines where a miner has died often appear as impish or gnome like appartions. The legend stem's from a miner who was killed... Sign in to see full entry.

In August 1962, a team of criminals dressed as police officers and armed with guns ambushed a mail truck traveling from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Using an elaborate scheme involving fake highway workers and traffic detours, the men got away with $1.5 million in... Sign in to see full entry.

The exquisite boot was discovered in the Altai Mountains along with a number of nomadic afterlife essentials that included jewelry, food, weapons, and clothing. The artifacts were so well preserved thanks to permafrost and the painstaking attention the Scythians paid to their dead.... Sign in to see full entry.

Ghost hunters believe they have proof a 19th century spirit is haunting an Irish castle. Paranormal Supernatural Investigations Ireland claim to have footage that confirms its presence at Castle Ellen House in Co Galway. Jocelyne LeBlanc and several other journalists covered the news story on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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