Monte Cristo Homestead
Pioneer Christopher William Crawley built Australia’s Monte Cristo Homestead in 1884 on top of a hill, overlooking the town of Junee in New South Wales. The family lived there until 1948, but their happy home life wasn’t without tragedy. Crawley died in 1910 from an infected carbuncle on his neck, and it’s said that the distraught Mrs. Crawley only left the house twice during the next 23 years. Several accidents, deaths, and strange incidents, including the murder of a caretaker and the imprisonment of a mentally challenged man, have made the homestead a curious attraction.