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"Guide to the World's Supernatural Places" (National Geographic)
By June Sawyers,special to Tribune Newspapers
September 16, 2014
"Guide to the World's Supernatural Places"
Here's the perfect travel book as Halloween draws near. In this richly illustrated homage to all things spooky, author Sarah Bartlett has chosen more than 250 "spine-chilling" destinations around the world.
From Stonehenge to Sleepy Hollow, Bartlett has divided the destinations into six broad topics: haunted places, vampire haunts, witchcraft and the dark arts, sacred places, UFO hot spots, and myths and legends. Many of the entries are sites not well known to Western readers, as well as many quite famous sites and events, such as the 1692 Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland or Mount Ararat in Turkey, where for centuries people have searched for evidence of Noah's Ark.
The author reveals the stories behind many popular mysteries. She notes, for example, that Christopher Columbus was the first to record unusual occurrences in the Bermuda Triangle area, which lies between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. (New York-born linguist Charles Berlitz popularized the region in his 1974 book, "The Bermuda Triangle." Bartlett also includes an entry on the lost city of Atlantis, a "lost" civilization mentioned in Plato's writings as far back as 360 B.C.
It's not all darkness and destruction, though. In addition to Stonehenge, Bartlett mentions other sacred sites, including Newgrange in Ireland; the Carnac stones in Brittany; Crater Lake in Oregon; Easter Island, off the coast of Chile; and the Ganges River, which flows through many areas involving Hindu creation myths.
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"Guide to the World's Supernatural Places" (National Geographic)
By June Sawyers,special to Tribune Newspapers
September 16, 2014
"Guide to the World's Supernatural Places"
Here's the perfect travel book as Halloween draws near. In this richly illustrated homage to all things spooky, author Sarah Bartlett has chosen more than 250 "spine-chilling" destinations around the world.
From Stonehenge to Sleepy Hollow, Bartlett has divided the destinations into six broad topics: haunted places, vampire haunts, witchcraft and the dark arts, sacred places, UFO hot spots, and myths and legends. Many of the entries are sites not well known to Western readers, as well as many quite famous sites and events, such as the 1692 Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland or Mount Ararat in Turkey, where for centuries people have searched for evidence of Noah's Ark.
The author reveals the stories behind many popular mysteries. She notes, for example, that Christopher Columbus was the first to record unusual occurrences in the Bermuda Triangle area, which lies between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. (New York-born linguist Charles Berlitz popularized the region in his 1974 book, "The Bermuda Triangle." Bartlett also includes an entry on the lost city of Atlantis, a "lost" civilization mentioned in Plato's writings as far back as 360 B.C.
It's not all darkness and destruction, though. In addition to Stonehenge, Bartlett mentions other sacred sites, including Newgrange in Ireland; the Carnac stones in Brittany; Crater Lake in Oregon; Easter Island, off the coast of Chile; and the Ganges River, which flows through many areas involving Hindu creation myths.
CONTINUE READING: www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/sc-trav-0916-travel-books-20140916-story.html