Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas, and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County. The city's name literally means, body of Christ in Latin, in reference to the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion. And while Corpus Christi has tons of history, its one roadside oddity, that has kept people curious and wondering of its origins...a giant red demon statue, resembling the devil, that guards a recycling plant on Leopard Street.

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Weeki Wachee was a city located in Hernando County, Florida, with a total population of just 12 people. While the city may be no more, the Weeki Wachee Preserve and the Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, are still running strong. Drawing in people from all over the United States. As Weeki Wachee Springs is one of those old Florida tourist attractions, that many visited from the 1940s through the 1960s. Because it includes water rides, animal shows, manatee watching, and of course, their most famous attraction, the one that literally built the small city, the Mermaids of Weeki Wachee.

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The Old Pirates House was opened in 1753 in Savannah, Georgia, as an inn for seafarers, and fast became, a meeting point for bloodthirsty pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas. At the inn, seaman drank and conversated, in ol sailor fashion, on their exotic high seas adventures, from Singapore to Bombay and from London to Port Said. But this inn has a darker past, as some with the possible origins of Shanghaiing, secret tunnels, connections to Treasure Island, many paranormal sightings, and serves as as atmospheric restaurant, cranking out food for hungry customers.

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New Orleans, the land of voodoo, jazz, and Mardi Gras, keeps giving up interesting places & exciting secrets, with every corner we turn. Including one place, that proves that New Orleans is not all voodoo and jazz. Storyland in City Park is that proof. This little patch of the Big Easy is for kids, full of innocence and charm, it was born out of some bottom line business calculations and a dream, which is why it has been around for over 50 years. Enchanting kids of all ages, as they enter a world where their imaginations can run wild, as they walk through their favorite story books.

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Abbeville is a city in Henry County, Alabama part of the Dothan, Alabama area Formally incorporated in 1853. Abbeville has a dark tale, for mothers wanting their children to hurry home at dark, and its a unique story to the Alabama town of Abbeville, and though its origins are unclear, it was a story passed down through generations, the legend of the witch, Huggin Molly.

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Calvert City is a home rule-class city in Marshall County, Kentucky with a population of less than 3000 people. But Calvert City also has a hidden gem, that is offbeat and strange, yet oddly amazing, with historic folk art and weird art installations all over the property. in 2005, the hidden gem was born, the ground of old Apple Valley became a quirky and unusual place for kids and families to visit and enjoy, the Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland, you never know what you might come across!

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Charles Arthur Floyd, was an American bank robber and gangster, who operated in and around the West and Central states. His criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage during the 1930s, and has continued to be a familiar figure in American popular culture, sometimes seen as notorious, other times portrayed as a tragic figure, even a victim of the hard times of the Great Depression in the United States. While he is considered one of the greatest outlaws or gangsters of prohibition, Floyd also, has many connections to the Southern United States, including being a Southerner himself, and also has the honor of having the most attended funeral in Oklahoma history.

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Gadsden, is a city in Etowah County Alabama. Located on the Coosa River, about 56 miles northeast of Birmingham and 90 miles southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. All throughout the 20th century, and even today, there was a dark morbid tale being told around Gadsden. that a witch, living in a shack, along the wooded area of Hinds Road, sold her soul to the devil and, her evil soul continues to frighten the people of Gadsden, the Witch of Hinds Road.

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St. Augustine, is a city on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded on September 8th, 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in the United States. Ponce De Leon, is the Spanish explorer who lead the first official European expedition to Florida in 1513, and while this expedition put him in the history books, its the theory that he was searching, all down the East Coast of Florida, for the fabled Fountain of Youth, that has made him more famous today. With all the stories pointing to the oldest city in America.

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Decatur is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, with it unofficial motto "Everything is Greater in Decatur". But the town of Decatur gained a national reputation, by being the home, to one of the biggest southern staples, the beloved breakfast restaurant franchise, Waffle House. And In 2007, Waffle House repurchased its original restaurant, which was sold by the chain in the early 1970s and was most recently a Chinese restaurant, and restored it using original blueprints, turning it into the Waffle House Museum.

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