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Mirrors and images of previous owners line the walls at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Now best known for inspiring the setting of <em>The Shining</em>, the building is reportedly one of America's most haunted hotels.
haunted

The Spooky Science of Why Mirrors Can Freak Us Out So Much

We reflect on what these shiny surfaces reveal, from the curse of Narcissus to an experiment you can try at home—if you dare.
Kate Golembiewski October 14, 2022
Birmingham, England

Black Sabbath Bridge

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Faustův Dům
Prague, Czechia

Faustův Dům (Faust House)

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.
witchcraft

Podcast: The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team January 12, 2022
List

9 Places to Experience the Wonder of Alchemy

For when you want to transform lead into gold or stir up the Philosopher’s Stone in your crucible.
Sarah Durn August 31, 2021
Statues on Lysa Hora
Kyiv, Ukraine

Lysa Hora (Bald Mountain)

This hill is known for its connection to the occult in Slavic tradition.
The tomb of Dion Fortune.
Glastonbury, England

Tomb of Dion Fortune

The final resting place of one of the most influential modern occultists.
The exterior of Quimby's
Chicago, Illinois

Quimby's Bookstore

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark

Museum Obscurum

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
A "Cup of Knowledge" could hold both tea and the secret to your future.
objects of intrigue

These Fortune-Telling Tea Cups Made Divination Easy

"Many Curious Things I See, When Telling Fortunes In Your Tea."
Anne Ewbank April 4, 2018
A detective peers into a tearoom in 1959.
crime

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.
Anne Ewbank December 7, 2017
The original Procter & Gamble logo on a plaque.
occult

When 1980s Satanic Panic Targeted Procter & Gamble

The company spent decades battling false claims that it was in league with the Devil.
Robert Skvarla July 13, 2017
Demon ruler Bael, from the <em>Dictionnaire Infernal</em>.
occult

The Best Demon Illustrations of All Time

Even today, the 1863 edition of the "Dictionnaire Infernal" is the stuff of nightmares.
Eric Grundhauser July 10, 2017
Preparations for the Brocken Experiment, June 18th 1932
Wernigerode, Germany

The Brocken

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Kashpirovsky's at work.
politics

A Psychic Healer Tried to Hypnotize Soviets to Distract From the Fall of Communism

Pay no attention to the man behind the Iron Curtain.
Sarah Laskow May 23, 2017
Could magic have turned this goat into a human boy?
occult

When Science and the Occult Went Head-to-Head on a German Mountaintop

Spoiler alert: science won.
Eric Grundhauser May 9, 2017
Cleveland, Ohio

Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Plucking mandrake at a distance with the aid of string.
witchcraft

Mesmerizing Depictions of Magic and Witchcraft Throughout History

How the occult has been depicted in art, from mandrakes to palmistry.
Anika Burgess January 5, 2017