A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with scientists, and it's about to vanish once again – if it hasn't already ...

For centuries, Poveglia in the Venice Lagoon in Italy has been the site of fear and horror after it was used as a quarantine facility for those with the plague, and later as a psychiatric hospital.

A group of more than 4,500 residents of Venice chipped in to buy a “haunted” island that once housed an asylum and a hospital for quarantined plague victims — to keep tourists away. The local ...

You may be familiar with the names of some of America's most haunted destinations — like Amityville, New York — thanks to the popular stories told about the hauntings. And while some areas chill us to ...