The King of Pop purchased Neverland Ranch in 1987 for $19.5 million. It remains an abandoned artifact of a time gone by – and the scene of alleged child sexual abuse.There has arguably never been a single human being as famous, invigorating, talented, polarizing, and controversial as Michael Jackson. His home — a 2,700-acre property in Los Olivos, California named after a fantasy land from a children’s fairy tale — was just as curious.
The storied Mermaid Inn dates back to the medieval period and has hosted the likes of pirates and smugglers who are said to still wander its halls today.Ever since its construction circa the 12th or 13th century, England’s historic Mermaid Inn has played host to a wide array of guests — some of whom allegedly remain there to this day, centuries after their deaths.
Some visitors have reported seeing a “lady in white” moving about the inn, passing through closed doorways and occasionally standing at the foot of their beds.
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was supposed to be a place of peace and restoration, but it soon devolved into madness and mayhem — and the spirits of tormented patients allegedly still haunt its halls today.In 1858, construction began on a new mental health facility in Weston, West Virginia. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was meant to be a sharp departure from other institutions of the time.
Its creators wanted patients to be comfortable, not simply imprisoned the way they were at many other facilities.
Known among the Nazis as "the girl with the red hair," 24-year-old Hannie Schaft was so deadly that Adolf Hitler personally ordered her capture.Hannie Schaft was only a teenager when the Nazis invaded Poland. Less than a year later in 1940, German tanks rolled into the Netherlands. Schaft knew that the Nazis would terrorize her country — so she dedicated the rest of her life to taking down the Nazi occupiers.
Okunoshima was once used as a top-secret location for chemical weapons testing. All that remains today are thousands of feral rabbits, whose lives may still be in grave danger.Kei Nomiyama / Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesThe long-eared brown wild rabbits enjoy treats on Okunoshima, a.k.a Rabbit Island, Japan.
Okunoshima the small island about two miles off the coast of Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, allows rabbits to roam freely. Also known as Usagi Jima, or Rabbit Island, Okunoshima attracts animal lovers from all over the world to spend some quality cuddle time with its large population of feral rabbits.