Perhaps the most astounding, if not largest in monetary value, thing to be pawned in history was the northernmost constituency of Great Britain, consisting of around 177 islands and nearly 1000 square miles of land.
On Louisiana highway 1, just south of the leeway bridge in Jefferson parish, not far from where the road ends, is a marker for the Cheniere Caminada cemetery, all that remains of a once thriving town that disappeared virtually overnight.