It is so haunted that for years no tourist has been allowed to set foot on it. But now, one of world's scariest places, the island of Poveglia, in the Venice lagoon, could be yours. The Italian government is offering it at auction, in a bid to chip
Poveglia Island began as a Roman fortification that grew into a shipping point for ships that were traveling to Venice, that is until the late 1700s when the first plague victims arrived on the island. Then the island was then
Poveglia, an island just off the coast of Italy that's considered one of the most haunted places in the world, is being put up for auction as a way for the country to settle its public debt, TIME is reporting. During the plague outbreak, the 17-acre
Poveglia's history creates the perfect storm for the many ghosts and spirits that are said to walk the desolate island. Through the decades nothing could make a go of it on that land. The island has all the remnants from the failed venues once erected
Poveglia was chosen as a quarantine site, and continued to house people with infectious diseases for over a century. As many as 100,000 people are believed to have died there. The island's soil is said to be heavily mixed with human ash and bone – so