Places funerealephemera Wants to Go

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.