Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills

St. Ignace Mystery Spot

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more

While skeptics are quick to write off the effects seen at mystery spots scattered all over the United States, this doesn't make them any less fun, and tourists continue to visit. Granted, the... »

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Hidden Beach

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience

Though Hidden Beach has undergone a number of changes over the years, it has remained a popular haunt for Minneapolitans to escape and catch some rays. Located on the east side of Cedar Lake, the... »

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Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs, all in glued shells

In 1835, James Newlove was digging a duck pond when his shovel broke through the ground into some kind of underground opening. Lowering his son into the cave, he quickly realized that this was... »

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The uphill-downhill road of Ariccia

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy

Just outside of Rome, one can find respite from the smog, and traffic of the big city among them fresh air, beautiful surroundings, wonderful food and a road that seems to run in reverse.... »

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Davelis Cave on Pendeli Mountain

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods

One of the most mysterious places in Athens is rarely ever visited. This is in part because there is so much superstition surrounding the mountainside of Pendeli that even modern people are... »

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Piercy, California, US

Confusion Hill

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest

It has been suggested that instead of calling "images that differ from objective reality," optical illusions, they should instead be called "brain fails," which is in effect, exactly what they... »

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Devil's Stomping Ground

A one hundred and twenty year old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods

Set back from the main road, is a empty patch of woods, a dusty circle, barren of plant life, about 15' wide where, according to stories dating back to 1882, the devil comes to dance. The stories... »

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Portland, Oregon, US

Woodstock Mystery Hole

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude

Owned and operated by the Universal Church O’ Fun and championed by its jovial Pastor Barron, leader of the Tunnel People, the Woodstock Mystery Hole stands as a monument to the irrefutable mores... »

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America's Stonehenge (Mystery Hill)

America's oldest archaeological site or muddled case of wishful thinking...

America's Stonehenge or "Mystery Hill" comes with more questions then answers. Variously claimed to be a 4000 year old megalithic astronomical complex ancient built by megalithic Native... »

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The Ozark Spooklight

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri

Known variously as the Ozark Spook Light, the Hornet Ghost Light, the Joplin Ghost Light, the Devil’s Jack-O’-Lantern, and the Tri-State Spook Light it is, like the many other "will-o-wisps"... »

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