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York Minster has been the centre of Christianity since the 7th century and one of the most magnificent cathedrals in the world. A building this old and with such a rich history is bound to be haunted. And it is! York Minster is believed to be the most haunted building in Yorkshire. The history of […]

Het Steen (The Stone in English) has been on my bucket list for years. Normally, the old prison of Delft is not open to the public, but there are exceptions during school holidays. And I’m either at work or away on school holidays, so that’s a problem. But, I managed to go last week and […]

Originally, the name Derby Gaol referred to 3 separate prisons in Derby. Today, only Friar Gate Goal still remains and it has been transformed into a small but interesting  tourist attraction. The basement of the building still holds some of the original cells and both the cells and the garden are extremely haunted.  The history […]

The Aradale Mental hospital, also known by the name Ararat Lunatic Asylum, used to be an Australian psychiatric hospital in Ararat, Victoria. The Aradale Mental Hospital was commissioned along with two other asylums (Kew and Beechworth) to accommodate the growing number of “lunatics” in the colony of Victoria. Some of these lunatics never left. The […]

In Jones County, Iowa, you can find the massive Edinburgh Manor. The town of Edinburgh was supposed to become Jones County’s county seat, but these plans were changed. The land bought for the future courthouse was given another purpose: a poor farm was built on it. It is said that over 150 people died in […]

Dunrobin Castle is the most northerly located castle in Scotland. It can be found in a breathtaking place in the middle of the Scottish Highlands. The Sutherland family, one of the seven Earldoms in Scotland, has been living in it for centuries. There’s so much history within the walls of this beautiful castle. No wonder […]

In the English county Gloucestershire, in the town Wotton-Under-Edge nearby Potter’s Pond, you’ll find an incredibly old inn. It used to be a pub, but in 1968 it was turned into a bed-and-breakfast by John Humphries, who died December 12, 2017 at the age of 89. The inn was his life, even though some of […]

Alcatraz is an island just outside the coast of San Francisco. The island has been nicknamed “The Rock” and has the oldest, still working lighthouse (constructed in 1846) of western USA on it. But that’s not where it’s famous for. The notorious prison on the island once housed the most infamous bad guys in history. […]