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‘eccentrics’

Encore: Great Cranks and Curiosities of the Washington Monument

While Washington DC and the White House attracted a wide variety of cranks, the Washington Monument was a shrine for the eccentric, the deluded, and the proto base-jumper.

The Fountain of Youth in New Jersey

The Fountain of Youth in New Jersey Dr Charles Smith claimed to have discovered the true Fountain of Youth in–New Jersey.

The Sitting Dead – Bizarre Burials and Curious Coffins

The Sitting Dead – Bizarre Burials and Curious Coffins A cavalcade of curious coffins and bizarre burials: standing, sitting, on horseback, in a whiskey barrel, or a brick…

Great Cranks and Curiosities of the Washington Monument

While Washington DC and the White House attracted a wide variety of cranks, the Washington Monument was a shrine for the eccentric, the deluded, and the proto base-jumper.