Places kattowice Wants to Go

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.