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It is a rural town founded in Douglas County, Wisconsin as a logging settlement in 1887. It was renamed following the 1890 disappearance of founder and storyteller Jackson Sloth and his family, said to have fallen in a sinkhole that no-one can find twice. The town is rich with folktales and paranormal activity, especially around holidays.
A town in Ramanathapuram in South India in the novels and short stories of R. K. Narayan. All but one of his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take place here. The name is a portmanteau of two Bangalore localities, Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi.
Following are lists of fictional locations, as large as a universe and as small as a pub.. List of fictional bars and pubs; List of fictional castles; List of fictional city-states in literature
By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Most of the more than 30,000 incorporated towns and cities in the U.S. listed by the Census Bureau have names that wouldn't get a second glance. But there are more than ...
Bannack, Montana a ghost town reportedly haunted by executed outlaws and a woman in a blue gown named Dorothy. [91] Bannack, a ghost town, was founded in 1862 and named after the Bannock Indian tribe. Several claims of hauntings have been made there, including the apparition of a woman in a blue gown named Dorothy who drowned in Grasshopper Creek.
The new name came about in 1950 when, for the 10th anniversary of NBC radio's Truth or Consequences game show, host Ralph Edwards suggested there might be a town willing to adopt the name as their ...
This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state. List of ghost towns in Alabama; List of ghost towns in Alaska; List of ghost towns in Arizona;
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Lionsgate: Moesko Island, Washington The Ring: DreamWorks Pictures: Monstropolis Monsters, Inc. Disney/Pixar The town where the titular Monsters, Inc. is located and Mike and Sulley’s hometown Mos Eisley: Star Wars: 20th Century-Fox Mos Eisley is a spaceport on the planet Tatooine in the Star Wars universe ...