(The Conversation) – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Certainly, lots of people ...

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From abandoned mansions to eerie manors still occupied, haunted house stories continue to grip our imagination. But what makes these tales so unforgettable is that many are rooted in actual locations; ...

Ghost towns are hidden all across North Carolina – hidden beneath deep lakes, on top our tallest mountains and even on islands off the coast. Some ruins are even hidden in plain sight in rural parts ...

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When Julia Park Tracey, 60, and her husband, Patrick Tracey, 63, bought a five-bedroom home in Grass Valley, Calif., in 2020 for $280,000 from Pennie Hughes, who was about 70 years old, she didn’t ...

There’s a new sheriff in town in some Old West ghost towns: real estate brokers. And they’re looking to wrangle buyers. There are more than a few reasons somebody might want to own an entire town, ...

A recent story about haunted houses prompted existential debates and ghost story sharing in the comments section. By Anna Kodé Days before Halloween, the real estate section of The New York Times ...

Certainly, lots of people believe in ghosts – a spirit left behind after someone who was alive has died. In a 2021 poll of 1,000 American adults, 41% said they believe in ghosts, and 20% said they had ...