Places mrshouligan Wants to Go

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.