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A Little Bit of Manhattan in Aurora Canada
The Town of Aurora, Ontario is a quiet, leafy bedroom community about 45 minutes north of Toronto, and as such it does not have much in common with the bustling metropolis of New York City, however there is a rather large, and widely unknown connection.The 1,250 foot tall Empire State Building is an American icon sitting in the heart of Manhattan, built between 1929 - 1931 and stood as[...]
The Spirit Houses of Russian Alaska
In 1873, Catherine, Empress of All the Russias, issued an edict that would see missionaries journey from Russia to Russian America and by the following year 18 priests had arrived. The Russian fur traders who had been there for years didn't get along with the missionaries and the Natives were hostile to both groups for usurping their land.But the missionaries persisted and began[...]
Mortsafes Put a Stop to Grave Robbery
Designed to protect gravesites from any sort of thieving or disturbance, mortsafes were first invented in the early 1800s in Scotland. A mortsafe is similar to the design of a cage, using heavy iron and stone plates and rods as well as a padlock to ensure no one could find their way through the contraption to get to the coffin buried below. The safes were placed around coffins for an[...]
A Tent for Sir Richard Burton's Tomb
Sir Richard Burton began his travels as a young boy as he travelled with his parents, his father was a British army officer, to posts in Asia and Africa. It was then that he began mastering different languages - at his death he was fluent in 25 different languages , 40 if you counted distinct dialects.In 1853, at the age of 21 he joined the army of the East India Company. In 1853 he[...]
Spending Eternity Over Marilyn Monroe
Richard Poncher was an entrepreneur who sold every thing from army surplus supplies to bullet proof cars for Al Capone. He also bought a lot of things including a mansion in Beverly Hills and the crypt located right above one where the body of Marilyn Monroe lies today.When Joe DiMaggio divorced Marilyn Monroe in 1954 he put one of the crypts he purchased for himself and Marilyn up for[...]
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