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The Palace Saloon in Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Palace Saloon

If you come across Parker Field in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, look just behind the visiting team’s bleachers. There you will find historic Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery. For more than 250 years, this tiny burial grounds has given rest to nearly 250 locals.

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The Church at Tilley Bend

The Tilley Bend Witch

A little further South, the Tilleys and the Stanleys were enmeshed in a battle of their own, one that stretched back a dozen years across the Blue Ridge Mountains. A series of vicious attacks between the clans resulted in more than a dozen deaths and gave rise to the legend

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The Old Davis Farm Cemetery just outside of Sims, North Carolina

Photo Essay: Old Davis Farm Cemetery

Driving through North Carolina, we stumbled upon a fenced thicket of trees alongside a county road just outside of Sims. It was a curious spot. The copse was oddly out of place, riding the edge of endless fields of harvested crops. We stopped on a chance, and our suspicions paid

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The Rock Oven of Altamaha Swamp

The Rock Oven of Altamaha Swamp

Some haunted places in Georgia date from a time long before European settlers arrived. If you travel down the Altamaha River, just a few miles from the Edwin Hatch Power Plant, you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a limestone cliff set just above a small lagoon.

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Gravestones of the Woodmen of the World

Woodmen of the World

Over the past weekend, we paid a visit to Lake Helen Cemetery — home of Cassadaga’s infamous Devil’s Chair. Something more interesting, however, caught our eye, an elaborate grave marker carved like a felled wooden stump. Now, if you’re cemetery enthusiast (or tombstone tourist or taphophile — take your pick),

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The Screven Spook Light

The Screven Spook Light

If you follow State Road 84 out of the tiny hamlet of Screven, you’ll likely miss the intersection with Bennett Road. A winding dirt path that trails off into the scrub, Bennett is unremarkable save for the fact that it leads the lonely traveler to Milligan’s Crossing.

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