Paderborn is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and 'born', an old German term for the source of a river. info wiki photographer Maciej Kozieł

18th century Ritual Box The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female deity Lhamo. The precise function of the box within a ritual context is unknown, but it may have served as a storage container for other esoteric objects used within a tantric ritual. The inclusion of skulls as border motifs and the manacled creatures at either end are suggestive of both protection of the contents and the use of the box in purifying rites or exorcisms. The inscriptions include spells using Sanskrit words and Tibetan curses, such as, "May its voice sink in darkness and dissolve." Part of the ritual seems to have involved capturing the spirit, and part, subduing it. There may also be references to yogic activities, such as controlled-breathing exercises. The complexity of the decoration is indicative of a date in the 18th century, making this a relatively late example of the Tibetan tantric tradition. courtesy wiki

Ferndale Cemetery- Michigan ,, Native Americans were early inhabitants in the 1800s of the area now known as the City of Ferndale. Stories have been told of those that still roam through the trees in this cemetery ,,

Wesley house an 1895 mansion. Located in Eden Gardens State Park at 181 Eden Gardens Road, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 , info/pic wiki

Moosham Castle is a castle in the state of Salzburg, Austria. Moosham Castle is situated at an height of 1079 meters. Better known as the Witches Castle ,,, This castle’s name leaves little mystery as to why it’s famous. Formerly known as Moosham Castle, it dates back to 1191 and was the site of thousands of witch sentencings. It isn’t known exactly how many women were tried and executed for witchcraft on these grounds, One woman in particular is said to taunt anyone who tries to visit the castle.Witches aren’t the only beings thought to haunt the grounds. Some think that the number of dead deer and cattle found near the castle in the 1800s means that there must have been werewolves taking refuge somewhere nearby. info/pic courtesy wiki and also rail europe blog

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, located in Hyde Park, New York, is one of America's premier examples of the country palaces built by wealthy industrialists during the Gilded Age. The earliest development of the estate began in 1764 when Dr. John Bard purchased land on the east side of the Albany Post Road, where he built Red House and developed the agricultural aspects of the eastern section of the property that continued through Frederick Vanderbilt's occupancy. Frederick W. and Louise Vanderbilt purchased Hyde Park in May 1895 from Langdon's heirs, info wiki

Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. It was constructed by Charles I. info wiki , photo by Adrian Covic

Adams Grove Presbyterian Church is a historic Greek Revival-style church building in rural Dallas County, Alabama, near the community of Sardis. Built in 1853, it features a distyle-in-antis type portico with box columns. No longer actively used by a church congregation, the building is now privately owned. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1986. Due to purported paranormal activity at Adams Grove, the church building and adjacent cemetery have been investigated by several ghost hunting groups. The American Ghost Hunter group from Santa Monica, California visited the site in July 2008. The Southern Paranormal Researchers, based out of Montgomery, subsequently conducted a search in June 2009.