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3. Sanatorium at Waverly Hills
Where: Kentucky's Louisville
Year: 1910
Expense: $8 million
When the Waverly Hills Sanitorium first opened its doors in 1910, it was intended to house tuberculosis sufferers. The Sanitorium was located in Jefferson County, Kentucky, which was devastated by the White Plague, a tuberculosis outbreak that claimed many lives in the area. The establishment of the Sanitorium was spurred by these deaths.
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Louisville, Kentucky's Waverly Hills Sanatorium @PrinceOfWade / Twitter.com
The antibacterial medication streptomycin was created in 1961, effectively curing tuberculosis. Waverly Hills was transformed into the nursing facility Woodhaven Medical Services in 1962. In 1982, the state closed Woodhaven because of mistreatment and neglect of its patients. After then, the facility was abandoned, and like every abandoned sanitarium, there are many stories about hauntings there.
4. Miranda Chateau
Where: Celles, Belgium
Year: 1866
Expense: $500,000
During the French Revolution, the Liederkerke-de Beauforts, a wealthy European family, were driven from Veves Castle, their home in France. The family commissioned Edward Milner to build Chateau Miranda after deciding they wanted to live in luxury once more. The stone neo-Gothic castle was finished in 1866.
Belgium's Chateau Miranda in Celles ©Wikimedia.org / Pel Laurens
The castle was under German occupation until Belgium was pillaged during World War II. The grounds of a castle saw some fighting during the Battle of the Bulge. Chateau Miranda was under Nazi occupation during that time. Following their loss, the National Railway Company of Belgium purchased the land and used it as a sick children's vacation camp until the 1970s.
