City's legends 2024, May

In 2013, the Kolomna Kremlin was recognized as a symbol of Russia in the course of popular Internet voting. He topped the list of the 10 best monuments in the country.Private houses still stand on its territory. Their residents say that a real ghost flies over the walls of the Kremlin

No one can say the exact date when the ghost fire appeared over the railroad tracks in New Jersey. It was seen by local railroad workers back in the 1920s, and over the years the fire has attracted curious crowds. It became known as the "ghost lamp"

Alcatraz Prison is in many ways a mysterious place. There are many myths and legends about her.- Salik.bizPen peopleAlcatraz was not always a prison island. Until 1934, it was used as a military prison after the American Civil War. Earlier it housed the Mexican military

Do you know that the great Homer in his "Odyssey" wrote that it was in Cimmeria (which included the Crimea) that the entrance to the kingdom of the dead is located - Hades? But this is far from the only mystical mystery of the Crimean land. There are many ghost myths circulating here, and all of them have a special local flavor

The Fontanka River, located in St. Petersburg, is a channel of the Neva delta and crosses the central part of the city. The deepest point reaches 3.5 meters, the width is only 70 meters, and the length of the Fontanka River stretches for 6.7 km

London is unlike any other city. It has neither the ancient grandeur of Rome, nor the flowery atmosphere of Paris, nor the adventurous aura of New York. The city of eternal mists, it would seem, was created in order to keep the darkest secrets. And he keeps them

Russian researchers came to the conclusion that the Moscow Kremlin was designed by Leonardo da Vinci himself, and the historian Mikhail Ancharov was the first to make such an assumption in the late 80s

According to Polskie Radio correspondent Maciej Yastrzhembsky, who recently published the book Ruby Eyes of the Kremlin. Secrets of underground Moscow "

Turtles of Eternity In 1866, on the place where the present Ussuriysk stands, the village of Nikolskoye arose - in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It was founded by 13 families who came here to settle from the Astrakhan and Voronezh provinces

It's time to summon ghostbusters to the capital of Belarus. Residents of Minsk increasingly began to meet poltergeists on the streets. The houses and streets of the old part of the city are literally teeming with secrets

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol died in 1852. This event happened unexpectedly, and his death became mysterious and terrible, with many rumors and dark legends. The mystery of his death and the subsequent incomprehensible phenomena with the body of the deceased are still unknown

Skinwalker Ranch is an unusual place, frightening with an abundance of anomalous phenomena. So frightening that, after researchers examined it, the government closed access to it.But this never stopped people. Skinwalker Ranch or Sherman Ranch (after a werewolf from Native American legend) is located in the US state of Utah

Any civilization stands on the bones of its ancestors - and nothing can be done about it. Cemeteries are traditionally built on the outskirts of cities, and they, cities, tend to grow in breadth and distance. And if the cemetery did not manage to receive the status of a cultural heritage object, then its fate is sad: the foundations of houses are being put on the graves

There is a small mansion near Baumanskaya street. Its red-brick walls now house a police stronghold and catering establishments, and once within its walls students trained to become engineers worked on drawings.The building at different times belonged to different institutions, but if students happened to stay in it for the night, they would tell the same story that the watchmen sometimes dared to tell

Moscow is a big city, and, like any big city, it has its own secrets, secrets … Some of them are governmental (like Metro-2 or an underground city), and some do not lend themselves to rational explanation

In terms of the number of ghosts, Moscow, of course, can hardly be compared with England. However, the Russian capital also has something to surprise tourists. Ivan the Terrible The ghost of the world famous king often appears in the Kremlin

Under the arches of the South Bridge in the Scottish capital Edinburgh is an underground city. This city is included in the list of the most visited places not only in Scotland, but throughout the UK

Scottish myths tell about the unusual spirits that live in the lakes, swamps and rivers of the country - the kelpie. They appear to people in the guise of a horse grazing by the water and carry him into the water.Legends tell about these creatures in such detail that they even have names

Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg is a rare place for such a crowded city, where you can still encounter evil spirits that live there in the form of a cat

They say that on the eve of All Saints' Day - or on Halloween, as we used to call it, - the border between the living and the dead disappears. Allegedly, the inhabitants of the other world penetrate the earth and it is on this day that ordinary people can meet them

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful, festive and vibrant churches in Russia. Find out what legends are associated with him

When secular people call a place "damned" - it is interesting. Several addresses in Yekaterinburg are strongly associated with notoriety - no bars and restaurants can last more than a year there

The Moscow region may seem like an ordinary congestion of small towns, riddled with roads and railways, well-trodden and well-trodden up and down. It would seem that there should be nothing unknown and inexplicable here, but this is far from the case

The two main buildings of the Ostankino television center are ASK-1 and ASK-3, also known as “big” and “small”. They are located on opposite sides of Akademika Korolev Street. There is an underground passage between the buildings.Many visitors to the TV center note the seeming chaos in the way rooms, stairs, rooms and offices are located here. The cor

Each major city contains a huge number of all kinds of mysterious places. The capitals are especially famous for this, as places where historical events took place, including very cruel and bloody ones. Wars, epidemics, coups, revolutions, uprisings at all times primarily concerned the capitals

The plot of land in Louisville, Kentucky was originally the site of a spacious mansion, but in 1910 a modern tuberculosis hospital called Waverly Hills was opened in the same area, a sanatorium to serve patients in the area. Louisville, surrounded by swamps and wetlands, had more patients with the disease, then called the "white plague," than many other parts of the country

Prague is one of the most beautiful and most visited cities in Europe. Numerous medieval buildings with peaked roofs and golden domes preserved in their original appearance keep many secrets, legends and predictions. Most of them are reflected in the "Czech Chronicles", written in the XII century, and some are passed from mouth to mouth

Several Kazakhstani cities have the same urban legend at once - - this is the story of a ghost girl voting on the track

Each country has its own urban legends about houses that local residents try to bypass. This story is about abandoned homes in New Jersey

This is perhaps the second most famous of all abandoned cities in the world after Pripyat. But unlike Chernobyl, this Taiwanese city keeps much more secrets and mysteries. What was really going on there - still unknown to anyone

There is probably no more mystical and chilling symbol of the Middle Ages in Prague than the astronomical clock. This amazing creation keeps the terrible history of its creator - the watchmaker Hanush. Once this talented master suggested to the city authorities the creation of a special clock that could not only decorate the city hall, but also turn Prague into a unique and most beautiful city in Europe

This story from the category of tales and so-called "creepypastas" appeared on the Internet quite recently. Believe it or not believe it - you decide. "One of my relatives has worked for 20 years in forensic medical examination

In the Nizhny Novgorod region there is an anomalous cemetery, which in an incomprehensible way "zombies" people. The story about this was published on the social network

Even during the reign of Peter I, on the left bank of the Neva, near St. Petersburg, there was a vast wasteland, which was called the Amusement Field. It hosted military reviews and entertainment festivities with gorgeous fireworks, which all of Europe envied

The United States of America, where the most horror films are filmed, is also the leader in the number of urban legends with an "afterlife" slant. One of them tells the story of a young man returning home late at night from a party

Donbass has recently been increasingly mentioned in connection with the difficult political situation in Ukraine. But this mountainous region is famous for many legends, most of which are associated with the local mines and catacombs

Scientists associate the popularity of horror films with the fact that a modern person lacks living emotions. We, the inhabitants of the stone jungle, no longer hunt mammoths or hide from saber-toothed tigers

The main attraction of the ancient Russian city of Smolensk is the ruins of its fortress walls

You thought that the worst thing in the regional capital is - are these criminal neighborhoods like Pakli and Zaton? We think differently. 1. Skulyabinsk almshouse, Embankment of the VI Army, 63 Perhaps the most mystical mansion in Vologda

Local mass media stirred up messages on social networks about a strange grandmother that Volgograd drivers see on the roads at night