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34 Landmarks From Around the Globe That Carmen Sandiego Wouldn’t Touch With a One-Hundred-Story Tower

December 05, 2023

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Well, we can narrow it down by telling you the places she most certainly is not! These would make for some pretty dark episodes, so maybe PBS could air these bad boys as a late-night version of the show — after the kids are in bed. Because, trust us, after finding out that these places are actually on our planet, they would not be getting any sleep!

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Largo di Torre Argentina, the square in Rome where Julius Caesar was assassinated... Now serves as a sanctuary for over 100 STRAY CATS. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The iconic Atheneum in Bucharest, Romania, owes its unusual round shape to the fact it was built on the foundation of an unfinished circus. CRACKED COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM One of the grotesques on the Washington National Cathedral is Darth Vader's helmet. — Source

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Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania. This medieval region has a ton of gothic sites, but Bran Castle, the home of Vlad III Dracul (the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula) is the crown jewel. Built in 1377, it had 720,000 visitors in 2022 alone. CRACKED — Source

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Isla de las Munecas in Mexico's ancient Xochimilco district. 10 are Sunland The Island of the Dolls is home to hundreds of mutilated dolls. Their origins are a mystery, but they are said to be possessed by a little girl who drowned in the area. The caretaker of the island was later found drowned in the same spot. CRACKED — Source

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Les Catacombes de Paris. OSSEMENTS DES ANCIENS CIMETIÈRES DE LA TRINITE ET DE ST. LES (BOULEVARD SÉBASTOPOL) DEPOSES EN 1850 DANS 1. OSSUAIRE DE LOUEST ET TRANSFERT ES DANS LES CATACOMBES EN 7th 1859 The Catacombs of Paris is an underground cemetery with the skeletal remains of an estimated 6 million people. In 1810, skulls and bones were neatly stacked in this subterranean cavern that visitors can see today (Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm). CRACKED — Source

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Fengdu Ghost City in China. F le With stone statues of demons desecrating humans, Ghost City is seen as the gateway to Diyu (the Chinese realm of hell). It's at the northern end of the Yangtze River, and you can participate in the annual festival that honors the spirits. CRACKED — Source

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Wat Khunaram Buddhist temple in Thailand. The temple features the shrine of Luang Pho Daeng. Now known as the Mummy Monk, Daeng died in 1973, and wanted his body displayed as a reminder of the transience of human existence. CRACKED — Source

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The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Italy. Built as a cemetery for monks, it is the largest collection of mummies in the world. When they outgrew the original cemetery, they exhumed the corpses and found they had been naturally mummified. (Relax, they stopped accepting bodies in 1880). CRACKED — Source

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Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia, Pennsylvania. The town sits on an underground coal mine fire that has been burning since 1962, so the ground is always warm. Poisonous smoke kills plants, and sinkholes have swallowed up pets, deer, and a young boy. The U.S. government ordered a total evacuation in 1984, but a handful of residents refused to leave. CRACKED — Source

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The Gates of Hell in Darvaza, Turkmenistan. Geologists estimate that the sinkhole opened in a natural gas field in the '60s, and was then set on fire in a Soviet drilling accident in 1971. The crater, which is 230 feet wide and 99 feet deep, has been burning ever since. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED EASTER ISLAND An ear for an ear. The mayor of Easter Island said that he wished the Finnish tourist who is accused of chipping an earlobe off an ancient Moai could have his ear clipped off as justice for damaging one of the famous statues. In a letter published in the La Tercera newspaper, Mr Kulju said he sincerely apologized, particularly to the residents of Easter Island. — Source

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CRACKED THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN Six jerks pooped all over Machu Picchu. Five South American citizens and one French national were arrested for vandalizing Machu Picchu in Peru. The vandals caused damage to the temple, defecated on the floor, and soiled walls. — Source

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CRACKED ROME An American couple e-scooted down the Spanish Steps. Two American tourists have been banned from Rome's Spanish Steps after they were caught on video damaging the historic monument by recklessly driving their electric scooters down the stairs. The couple was each fined €400, and the woman was charged with a complaint for damage to a monument property. — Source

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CRACKED BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK ISAAC NORMA AriEL the ROSIDA Two jerks signed an ancient petroglyph. On December 26th, 2021, two tourists visited Big Bend National Park and decided to leave their mark by carving their names into a well-preserved petroglyph. This act of vandalism not only permanently damaged the ancient artifact, but also destroyed part of history. — Source

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The Washington Monument has a tiny, hidden twin. A 12-foot replica of the Monument is buried right next to it. It was built in the 1880s as a surveyor's tool-they'd use its scale to verify readings. The ground level rose over time, and the Mini Monument was encased in a tube, buried, and forgotten. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a creepy secret chamber inside Mt. Rushmore. Its sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, wanted Mt. Rushmore to have a Hall of Records, where historic American documents would be stored. When he died in 1941, it was unfinished. In 1998, the government put a sealed titanium vault with copies of important documents in there. So he kinda got his wish. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Underground tunnels criss-cross Los Angeles. They connect downtown LA's government buildings, and they're used for moving files securely. But they've also had other uses. For example, in the '50s and '60s, criminals were moved from jail to court through them. In 1960, a billion dollars of tax money were moved through them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Alps are hiding dead soldiers from World War I. There were 150,000 deaths on the Alpine front during WW1. A third of those were battle victims. The rest died from avalanches, frostbite, and illness. As the globe warms and the glaciers melt, the bodies of those dead soldiers pop up. — Source

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Madonna

CRACKED.COM The Bridge Of Sighs was built for prisoners. That pretty Venice bridge-known for gondolas, honeymoons, and yes, appearing in Madonna's Like A Virgin video-was built to transfer prisoners from interrogation rooms to prison. It's named after prisoners sighing at their final view of Venice before being taken to their cells. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Part of the University of Cambridge was built over a massive graveyard. Beneath the Old Divinity School at St. John's College lies one of the largest found burial grounds in all of Great Britain, with a staggering count of over 1,300 burials dating back to medieval times. A hospital stood opposite the graveyard, and used it to bury poor scholars and other wretched persons. — Source

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The Great Wall

CRACKED.COM The Great Wall of China is actually a great cemetery. It is estimated around 400,000 construction workers had died building the Great Wall, and were just as easily buried in its foundation, which earned the deserved moniker longest cemetery on Earth. — Source

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Mt. Rushmore

Mt. Rushmore was designed by a white supremacist. Gutzon Borglum, the man that sculpted Mount Rushmore, was a racist who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan and was deeply involved in their politics. Не said things like, I would not trust an Indian, and referred to African Americans as a mongrel horde. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Coney Island is the site of a gruesome fire. SHOWING DIVERS AT WORK UNDER WATER 12 TONE HISTORICAL FASTESPAR EDUCATIONAL & AMUSING CONEY ISLAND'S BIGGEST FIRE DISASTER FIGHTING THE FLAMES AT DREAMLAND In 1911, flames engulfed Coney Island's grandest amusement park. Dozens of animals that were housed in the park were roaring loud enough that owners started shooting them to keep them from burning to death. One of the lions got out and ran through the streets with his mane on fire, and was shot 60 times before a fireman axed him down. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Eiffel Tower was a popular suicide spot. The Eiffel Tower holds a death toll of over 350 suicides, some of whom chose to hang themselves from the tower. Preventive barricades have since been built along with tightened security to preserve the lively image of the monument. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is the site of Toronto's first unsolved murder. Centuries ago, the keeper of the lighthouse vanished with nothing left of him but his blood stains on the lighthouse's wooden steps. It was rumored that he'd been brutally dismembered. A century after his disappearance, his remains were found scattered around the lighthouse grounds. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Little Mermaid Statue is constantly being mutilated. What is considered the Statue of Liberty of Denmark has been a target of gruesome vandalism since the '60s. The poor thing has been blown up, decapitated, had its arms sawn off, and been painted over several times, both blood-red and blue. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The River Thames is full of bodies. The most famous river in England has been nicknamed by The Guardian The Watery Grave. It has some 60 dead bodies pulled out of it every year, averaging at one body a week. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Blue Mustang statue has tasted blood. Locals call him Blucifer. The red-eyed fierce-faced 9,000-pound sculpture at Denver International Airport actually killed its maker, Luis Jiménez, by falling on him and severing an artery in his leg. — Source

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Walt Disney World has a severe alligator infestation. The number of alligators caught within the premises of the resort increases every year, mainly because it is located at the center of water ways and canals commonly inhabited by alligators. GRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a derelict water park, River Country, inside Disney's resort in Florida. Seph Lawless had to scale a twenty feet high, blacked-out fence to take these photos, after which he was banned from Disney World for life. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Beatles

THE BEATLES OFFICIALLY ENDED ON DISNEY PROPERTY. IN 1974, ON VACATION AT DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN VILLAGE RESORT, JOHN LENNON SIGNED THE CONTRACT THAT DISSOLVED THE GROUP. Disney's Polynesian Village Resort CRACKED.COM — Source

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TWO EX-NAZIS DESIGNED ICONIC DISNEY PARK LANDMARKS WALT DISNEY TAPPED EX- SS ENGINEER WERHNER VON BRAUN TO HELP DESIGN rax DISNEYLAND'S ROCKET To THE MOON. FORMER LUFTWAFFE INTERROGATOR HANNS SCHARFF INSTALLED MOSAIC MURALS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD AND EPCOT. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED COM Walt Disney World's River County was once responsible for the death of a boy in 1980, who died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in the water park. However, this incident wasn't enough to shut it down. It was only shut down in 2001 due to lack of demand. — Source

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