Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Logging town that had a post office by 1909. Town site purchased by Courtney Love in the 2000s; [6] some concrete foundations and a smokestack remain. [7] Bossburg [1] Stevens: c. 1892 c. 1910 Semi-abandoned Brief: Burnt Ridge: Lewis: Approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Onalaska [8] 1880s Unknown (schoolhouse shuttered in 1945) [9] Locale ...
Miles was born on 29 September 1958 in the town of Cowansville, Quebec. Her father was a harmonica player and jazz fan while her mother listened to both opera and country music. Miles learned to play the violin, guitar, piano and flute during her school years. [2] She began composing songs at the age of ten and began performing at the age of ...
Bara-Hack is a ghost town in the northern part of the state that is reportedly haunted. [38] Daniel Benton Homestead is a historic house museum in Tolland, Connecticut. It is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of Hessian soldiers and 18th-century lovers Elisha Benton and Jemima Barrows, who tragically died from smallpox. [39]
The series was narrated by Mason Pettit. Each episode started off showing haunted "hotspots" on a map of the United States.A particular haunted location was then selected by each of the series' "ghost hunters," and investigated by them and their team. Paranormal investigators, historians, psychics, and mediums all presented commentary on these ...
Ferry Plantation House, or Old Donation Farm, Ferry Farm, Walke Manor House, [3] [5] is a brick house in the neighborhood of Old Donation Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The site dates back to 1642 when Savill Gaskin started the second ferry service in Hampton Roads to carry passengers on the Lynnhaven River to the nearby county courthouse ...
Wash Woods was an unincorporated town on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the former Princess Anne County (now the independent City of Virginia Beach), in the southeastern corner of Virginia. It has been abandoned since the 1930s, except for the Life Saving Station which remained operational until the mid-1950s. [1]
The town of Selleck went through a series of owners [3] —the first purchased it for a mere $3,000 [4] —before Robert Schaefer, a general contractor from Renton, Washington, formed an investor group to buy the town in 1971. [3] Schaefer's vision for the town was not fully achieved.
The newest town and newest former town are Bedford in Bedford County, which ceased to be an independent city in 2013, and St. Charles in Lee County, which disincorporated in 2022. [3] For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in Virginia. For major unincorporated population centers, see List of unincorporated communities in ...