That’s not a ghost in our homepage picture; it’s just a statue (at least, we think it is). But it’s easy to imagine ghosts wandering the vast gardens here at the Palace of Versailles, about 12 miles outside of Paris. One ghost in particular has a reputation for showing herself. In 1901, on a sultry August afternoon, two visitors to the Gardens of Versailles claimed to have witnessed the gardens magically transform to their 18-century grandeur. Then, they said, they encountered the ghost of Marie Antoinette, whom they spotted calmly lounging and drawing in her sketchbook. The queen of course had been guillotined a century earlier. The story was later adapted as an opera, which debuted in 1991.
Do spirits haunt the Gardens of Versailles?
Today in History
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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International Tiger Day
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A dying breed of tree thrives in an American park
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St. Paul Winter Carnival
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It s Slovenia s Independence and Unity Day
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Ski touring in Austria
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Bridge to infinity
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World Bamboo Day
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Let’s have a ball
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Waimea Canyon and Waipoo Falls, Kauai, Hawaii
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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
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A hermitage with a view
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World Octopus Day
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Hut, hut, hike!
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AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
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Commemorating peace in Antarctica
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Shark Fin Cove, California
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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International Day of Color
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200th anniversary of Brazilian independence
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A toast to California!
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Where is this gorgeous peak?
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A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
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An old celebration for a new season
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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Everglades National Park turns 75
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in