A Short trip to Kurseong

About 30 kilometers from Darjeeling is located the hill station Kurseong.The original inhabitants were the Lepcha people, who named their home "Kurseong", because every spring it was alive and bright with Kurson-Rip orchids. In the remote past, Kurseong was a part of the Kingdom of Sikkim, even before the British came to India. However, in around 1780 the Nepalese conquered and annexed Kurseong and its surrounding areas. Then came the Gurkha War, which the Nepalese lost. The 1817 Treaty of Titalia restored Kurseong to Sikkim.
Kurseong, also known as "Land of White Orchid" .A pleasant climate all year round with tea gardens and a toy train for sightseeing. But a web search of this place will mostly give you results of its haunted tales rather than talk about its natural beauty.
The haunted area is located above Kurseong town and is surrounded by forests, known as Dow hill.While it has two renowned and historic schools–Dowhill Girls and Victoria Boys schools, with villages nearby.A deer park situated in the Dow hill area which is a major tourist attraction in Kurseong.
A pleasant hill station near Siliguri city on the way to Darjeeling.