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Houdini's Grave
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Queens, New York
Houdini's Grave
The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.
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London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Death cutting the life-thread
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Munich, Germany
Asamkirche
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
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Guthrie, Oklahoma
Grave of Elmer McCurdy
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
The Carnegie Library portion of the museum
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Guthrie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territorial Museum & The Carnegie Library
Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.
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Hoboken, New Jersey
Sybil's Cave
The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.
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Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Teufelskanzel & Hexenaltar
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Graffiti on the obelisk in 2006
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Hagley, England
Wychbury Obelisk
An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.
Skull Tower of Nis
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Niš, Serbia
The Skull Tower of Nis
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Tourists to Floyd Collins' coffin in Crystal Cave
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Cave City, Kentucky
Floyd Collins Museum
permanently closed
A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.
The more luxurious sod huts on the peat colony also had windows.
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Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, Netherlands
Veenmuseum
Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.
Old Courthouse in Danbury, where the demon murder trials took place
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Danbury, Connecticut
Demon Murder Trial Sites
Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.
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8 Unique Festivals and Quirky Events in Washington, DC

A city known for its history and monuments is lit up by celebrations year-round
Sponsored by washington.org
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sociology

Why Halloween’s ‘Poison Candy’ Myth Endures

Even though we know better.
October 19, 2023
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halloween

Welcome to Atlas Obscura's Fright Club!

We love the month of October, so we're giving you 31 days of stories that will get you in the Halloween spirit.
October 1, 2021
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spirits week

In This New York Ghost Town, the Graveyards Keep Growing

Doodletown was shuttered by the state in 1965. That hasn't stopped Doodletowners from burying their dead there.
October 31, 2019
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love

19 Unforgettable First Kisses and the Ordinary Places Where They Happened

Romance can blossom anywhere. Parking lots. Sidewalks. Even the South Pole.
January 10, 2019
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grave week

When ‘Dumb Suppers’ Were a Halloween Love Ritual

To see into the future, young women held mystical meals.
October 30, 2018
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magic

An Insider's Tour of New York's Disappearing Magic History

Peek behind the curtain of once-magnificent venues and the back rooms where magicians share their secrets.
June 26, 2018
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diets

How a Special Diet Kept the Knights Templar Fighting Fit

Silent meals, a buddy system, and wine “in moderation.”
May 8, 2018
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queer history

See Two Decades of San Francisco’s Wildest Queer Halloween Parties

The rise and demise of the night of the living dead.
October 16, 2017
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Welcome to Atlas Obscura's 31 Days of Halloween

It's the creepiest time of the year.
October 3, 2016
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gates to hell

11 Hidden Spots to Enter the Underworld

A world tour of the gateways of Hell.
October 3, 2016
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murder

The Modern Manhunt Began With An Arrest by Wireless Telegraph

Morse code messages and bowler hat cameras were the Twitter and cellphones of the Edwardian police chase.
March 2, 2016
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calendars

The Complete Calendar Plug-In of the World's Fictional Holidays

From Durin's Day to Judgement Day, celebrate the greatest pop culture events with our new calendar.
June 15, 2016
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edgar allan poe

On Poe's Death Day, A Memento Mori of Lost Lenore

October 7, 2014
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morbid monday

Morbid Monday: The Macabre Romance of a Man and a Mummy

Using plaster of Paris, wires, mortician’s wax, and glass eyes, Tanzler brought Elena “back to life,” and proceeded to take her to his home where the pair shared a marital bed.
October 27, 2014
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The Dyatlov Pass Incident

October 23, 2014
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suicide

The Suicide Caves Beneath St. Louis

October 31, 2014
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dracula

Dracula’s Chamber: The Dark Legend of Buda Castle Labyrinth

October 30, 2014