Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Crossville, Tennessee
This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.