Mysterious Places

A fascinating compilation of stories about lost lands, weird locations, and strange sites.

In this richly told narrative, an American writer travels to Romania in search of long-lost relatives. His quest sheds light on other lives in other times and places, and forgotten yet chilling aspects of World War II. More than memoir, with photos and recipes, this book probes the many threads of a family destiny, and it reveals how event and migration shape future generations, and family stories can even lead to self-discovery.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: From Stonehenge to the Bermuda Triangle, there are many places on Earth that remain a mystery to scientists! Readers will discover these curious places--and more!--as they move through this fascinating nonfiction title. This mysterious book features detailed images, informational text, and stimulating facts and theories in conjunction with upper-level features, such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.

Follow Hans Holzer down America’s unlit hallways and haunted highways to visit sites of the bizarre, paranormal and unexplained. In AMERICA’S MYSTERIOUS PLACES, Holzer, a master of the unknown, explores locations throughout the United States that have been shrouded in mystery. This journey takes you from New York to California, charting everything from the infamous Devil’s Tower in Wyoming to the lesser-known Bat Creek Stone in Tennessee. Prepare for extraordinary sightings in what are eerily ordinary places. You will brave the elements in natural places where science has yet to explain unusually puzzling formations. And steel your nerves for revelations about places where mysterious events have occurred, and where they keep happening, even now.

From Stonehenge to the Bermuda Triangle, there are many places on Earth that remain a mystery to scientists! Readers will discover these curious places--and more!--as they move through this fascinating nonfiction title. This mysterious book features detailed images, informational text, and stimulating facts and theories in conjunction with upper-level features, such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.

Mysterious things always seem to excite people and draw their attention, no matter whether it is a place, a person or a thing. People always find it so much amazing to see something which is not as usual as anything else or everything else in the world. But have you ever thought of why do they consider these mysterious something as mysterious? What could be the reason behind this?

The Earth, its wonders, its secrets. The Earch is dotted with sites that stir the imagination, from sacred grounds and strange landscapes to lost cities and realms steeped in the supernatural. Discover the places that continue to capture our curiousity.

In this uniquely-written novel memoir, first-time author Steven Rivellino daringly delves into the lives and the minds of three very distinct men as they sail the world on their various voyages of discovery. The books protagonist, also named Steven, is a young, easily-influenced college student, dangerously on the verge of manhood. While onboard the Norwegian liner , he meets Percy, a somewhat flamboyant British gentleman grandly seeking wealth and good fortune; and Archibald,an author and historical lecturer nearly thirty years his seniorwhose lifetime search for acceptance and love inevitably leaves him in circles. Together, they set out on their journey to circumnavigate the globe. Unknowingly, however, they are destined for an epic adventure of great challenge, learning, and naked self-discovery. The events of the world clearly define their roles and along the way, their unique relationships evolve from initial denial and great distrust, to a close and dynamic bond never-before expected; forever true.