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Occult

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Wishing Trees: Where Money Grows in the Branches

Allison Meier July 30, 2014

Clootie Wells: Where the Trees Are Weighed Down in Rotting Rags

Allison Meier July 25, 2014

How the Ouija Board Got Its Name

Bess Lovejoy February 28, 2014

A reproduction Kuman Thong sold as a souvenir at the Buddhist temple at Ayutthaya, Thailand

Black Magic Baby: The Macabre History of Kuman Thong

Kevin Lo February 27, 2014

Shopping for Spells: Exploring Four of the World's Witchcraft Markets

Cynthia Pelayo February 26, 2014

Traces of the Alchemist Who Discovered the Philosopher's Stone in Paris

Sarah Blake February 26, 2014

Mercado de Brujas

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

House of Nicolas Flamel

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Papa Legba greets all the customers at the entry way.

Huntington Park, California

Saydel Inc.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Folk Magic: The Hex Signs of Pennsylvania

Melissa Marshall November 12, 2013

Zugarramurdi Witch Museum

Zugarramurdi, Spain

Museo de las Brujas (Witches Museum)

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

A symbol of the epiphany that won't make anyone uncomfortable

Hanover, Germany

Marktkirche

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Over the last decade, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy has undertaken restorations to the park—and its reputation.

Satanic Panic in America's Greatest Forgotten Garden

How Untermyer Park went from botanical wonder to devil's playground and back again.

Megan Roberts August 30, 2022

The altar in the temple.

Oakland, California

Bay Area Thelemic Temple

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

The southern tip of Esopus Island.

Staatsburg, New York

Esopus Island

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

La Cañada Flintridge, California

Devil's Gate

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The Spirit Painters of Old New York

Edmund Richardson July 11, 2013