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A chemist creates a cure-all tonic that enthralls the ailing public, making him believe his medicine is truly a miracle, when the funds construct the Seelye Mansion in Abilene, Kansas. After the Earl of Rutland 's two sons die at their family estate, Belvoir Castle near Grantham , England, he believes they were cursed by the Witches of Belvoir.
When the Catholic Church arrests revolutionary monk Martin Luther , his protestant supporters rescue him and escape to Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany. The Highlands Ranch Mansion in Highlands Ranch, Colorado was once the home of socialite Isabel Springer, whose affair with two men at the same time led to the shooting. Railroad baron James J.
Hill 's plan to run a train line through some of America's toughest terrain all began at his home, the James J. Hill House in St. Eccentric Italian alchemist John Damian de Falcucci launches an experiment of human-powered flight when he tries to fly off the battlements of Stirling Castle in Stirling, Scotland. When freedom fighter Robert Emmet plans to attack Dublin Castle in Dublin , Ireland, the English seat of government, it makes history as the site of the Irish rebellion of The once spirited young poet, Emily Dickinson mysteriously withdraws from society and only the walls of the Emily Dickinson Homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts know the reason why.
After a sword fight between French soldiers break out over a lady's honor, the disappearance of the slain leads to the haunting discovery of his headless body at Old Fort Niagara Castle in Youngstown, New York. Industrialist Henry Ford along with test pilot Harry J.
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Brooks set records in aviation with his small plane the " Ford Flivver ", but fails to land at his winter retreat, The Mangoes in Fort Myers, Florida. Architectural genius, Frank Lloyd Wright designs Graycliff Estate in Derby, New York , drawing inspiration on his time in Tokyo when he developed an earthquake-proof building. When a chief of the Clan MacLeod weds a fairy princess, a legendary love story and a magical flag unfurls through the generations at Dunvegan Castle in Isle of Skye , Scotland. Casa Loma in Toronto , Canada, becomes a covert site of an ultra-top secret operation to develop sonar devices during the Second World War.
After the new United States places a tax on whiskey , radical leader David Bradford forms a militia causing a conflict that comes to a head at his home, the Myrtles Plantation in St. A kidnapping of a millionaire carried out by Verne Sankey , America's first public enemy 1 is connected to Boettcher Mansion in Golden, Colorado.
Arthur Conan Doyle revives his iconic character Sherlock Holmes through actor William Gillette who resurrects the sleuth on the stage and dedicates his home Gillette Castle in East Haddam, Connecticut to the detective. Learns the legend of the Weeping Stones Curse put on Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire , Scotland, by prophetic minstrel Thomas the Rhymer after a gust of wind shut the home's gates to him.
Explores Allerton Castle in Harrogate , England, the former home of Prince Frederick, Duke of York who's illicit affair with Mary Anne Clarke and public trial caused his resignation as commander-in-chief of the British army.
Berkeley Castle in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia was built by Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit for his young bride, who after his death, was believed to be involved in her lovers' deaths. Brianna Holiday rated it it was amazing May 04, Local and state police failed to discover him in any known records despite an exhaustive search. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Playboy prince, Edward VII was embroiled in a scandal while playing an illegal game of baccarat at Tranby Croft near Hull , England, that almost cost him the throne. Want to Read saving….
Prague Castle in Prague , Czech Republic, was the setting of a bitter rivalry that came to a head when the peaceful king Wenceslaus I was slayed by his brother Boleslav the Cruel to overtake the throne. The story of a jealous butler learns of his master, William Keyt 's affair with a young maid that sends him running for his life from Burnt Norton Estate in Chipping Campden , England, Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia becomes the site of the first Thanksgiving in when ship captain John Woodleaf is thankful for surviving a storm on his voyage to the New World a year before the pilgrims made it to Plymouth.
After her husband dies, Eilley Bowers turns to a successful career in fortune-telling at her beloved home, the Bowers Mansion in Washoe County, Nevada. Philippsruhe Castle in Hanau , Germany, honors the work of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm , who became the legendary storytellers, Brothers Grimm after revising crude folk tales into children-friendly fairy tales.
After shipping magnate G. Adams plans his dream home, Prospect Place Mansion in Trinway, Ohio turns into a nightmare when a bricklayer he hired to build it burns it down. Duchcov Chateau in Duchcov , Czech Republic is where the great seducer Giacomo Casanova spent his last days after losing his love for a married Frenchwoman. When a young Winston Churchill , who served as a reporter during the Second Boer War is imprisoned, he escapes and returns to his home at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire , England.
Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon , England tells the story of Shakespeare collector Samuel Ireland who fell victim of the famous playwright's forgeries created by his son, William Henry to get his father's attention. The estate Stonecliffe in Mackinac Island, Michigan becomes a safe haven for the Cudahy family after the kidnapping of their teenage son Edward Jr. Kensington Palace in London, England, Queen Victoria 's birthplace, is celebrated for the brave monarch's help in baiting her assailant to his arrest after an assassination attempt.
The Knight family, who created their dream home Vikingsholm in Tahoma, California , sets a place in aviation history by funding Charles Lindbergh 's non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. Fortezza Vecchia in Livorno , Italy, exhibits the Amedeo Modigliani sculpture heads hoax that occurred in when students threw their amateur works into the Royal Canal so the public would believe it was the artist's masterpieces he threw away decades before.
Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison 's mansion Grouseland in Vincennes, Indiana starts a series of presidential deaths 20 years a part linked by a curse of "The Prophet" , who wanted to avenge his brother Shawnee Chief Tecumseh 's death during his war. Ardkinglas Estate in Cairndow , Scotland, is a reminder of feminist Caroline Sheridan who proposed the Infant Custody Bill after her abusive husband denied her divorce and custody over their children. After being in debt by building fairy tale castles, the eccentric King Ludwig II is forced out of his beloved Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau , Germany when he is deemed mad by psychiatrist Dr.
Dunrobin Castle in Golspie , Scotland]] becomes haunted by the ghost of Lady Margaret, the Earl of Sutherland 's daughter after she fell to her death from a tower in order to be with her true love, a stable boy presented by Dr Leo Ruickbie. The story of two ladies escape their pre-destined lives to make their dream of living an unconventional life together, finding their "new home" at Plas Newydd in Llangollen, Wales.
Castello di Roccascalegna in Roccascalegna , Italy, once the home of cruel baron, Corvo de Corvis, now haunts the castle after suffering a violent death when he renewed the medieval law jus primae noctis ; virgin brides must submit to him on their first night. Samlesbury Hall in Samlesbury , England stands as a grim reminder of the Samlesbury witches trial when a Catholic priest who lived there had a girl accuse three women of witchcraft after they switched to Protestantism.
After surviving an assault by a thug during a political debate in , anti-slavery activist Cassius Clay flees to his home, White Hall in Richmond, Kentucky. After marrying the Countess of Ross to get lands and a title, Alexander Stewart , "The Wolf of Badenoch" pillages his way across the country, that even the Devil takes notice of his evil, and challenges him to play a deadly game of chess presented by Dr Leo Ruickbie.
Bamburgh Castle in Bamburgh , England was once home to Jacobite Thomas Forster and her sister Dorothy, who risked her life to help break her brother out of prison during the uprising.
Castello di Poppi in Poppi , Italy, is haunted by the murderous Matilda, Count Guidi's gorgeous wife, who after luring men to her bed chamber, sent them on their way through a deadly trap door. And none of this would be surprising if it was built in, say B. Its existence completely up-ends the conventional view of the rise of civilisation. The idea of a religious monument built by hunter-gatherers flies in the face of our knowledge about both religious monuments and hunter-gatherers.
Prior to the discovery of this site, we believed that the people of that time lacked complex symbolic systems, social hierarchies, and the division of labour — three prerequisites, we thought, for building a acre massive temple. Formal religion, meanwhile, is supposed to have appeared only after agriculture produced such hierarchical social relations.
But the existence of the site raises far more questions than it answers. How did nomadic, neolithic man manage to organise a workforce to complete this site? Why was it built? How come it predates similar structures by thousands of years? Excavation started on the site in , and most of it still remains to be unearthed, but for now these questions must go unanswered. During the late Bronze Age, civilisation was progressing at an impressive rate in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean regions.
Kingdoms rose, order was established, and technology advanced. And the Canaanites controlled what would become the holy land — Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. But in the years surrounding B. Over the course of a single generation, all of those civilisations would be almost entirely wiped off the map, and those that did survive would be set back a thousand years, losing the ability to write and turning back the clock on the sophistication of their art, architecture, and pottery in the hundred years to follow.
The problem is, historians still have little if any idea of where these warriors came from, or what became of them after their conquest finally ended in Egypt. Also unknown is how the Sea Peoples managed to conquer civilisations hundreds of years more advanced in weaponry. But without solid records from the time, and with only scattered details of the origins of these strange raiders, we may never know their true identity.
The oldest computer known to man was built thousands of years ago. The Antikythera mechanism is an incredibly intricate analogue computer found in a shipwreck near Greece in the year The device was used to determine the positions of celestial bodies using a mind-bogglingly complex series of bronze gears.
The device in and of itself would already be impressive, but the unbelievable part of the mechanism? It was created years before the birth of Christ, and more than 1, years before anything even approaching its level of technological complexity and workmanship would be discovered again. The device also came long before our modern understanding of astronomy and physics. The Antikythera mechanism was built over 1, years before Galileo was born, and over 1, years before Isaac Newton was born.
Now, the rational explanation is that the device used working theories on the movements of celestial bodies established at the time, and some remarkably brilliant craftsmen. But if you were looking for a jumping-off point for your new time-travel novel or alien sci-fi epic, this one should hit you like a tonne brick. Because for all the explanations we can offer, the Antikythera mechanism raises even more questions. But one of the most enduring treasure mysteries of all time comes from a tiny island off the coast of Nova Scotia in eastern Canada.
Over two centuries of excavation have unearthed no treasure thus far, but what has been discovered is arguably just as fascinating. Underneath the surface of the pit are a series of wooden platforms, and even deeper, flooding mechanisms formed from multiple underground canals leading to water. The first time someone managed to dig deep enough, the entire pit was immediately flooded, and due to the construction of the mechanism, it would fill back up with water as fast as you could remove it.
In search for whatever the island is hiding, the money pit has attracted the attention of hundreds of search parties, including former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who in his youth spent a summer with fellow Harvard grads in search of the treasure.
A series of paragraphs over the course of pages accompanied by illustrations and diagrams, broken into what appear to be six distinct sections. The sections appear to describe different topics of herbal, astronomical, biological, cosmological, and pharmaceutical nature. What is so remarkable about the manuscript, then? The writing is composed of over , characters written in patterns that resemble natural language. Twenty or 30 glyphs can account for nearly the entire text, with the exception of a few stray characters that appear only once. It was written smoothly, with no evidence of errors or corrections anywhere, and no evidence of pauses during writing, which one would expect with encoded text.
Almost as to suggest that the language was natural for whoever wrote it. Carbon dating revealed that the script was written between the years and , and although theories have been offered, nobody actually knows the author of the work.