Hanover, Germany
Marktkirche
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
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Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Castellón, Spain
A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This hill is known for its connection to the occult in Slavic tradition.
Wernigerode, Germany
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.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Cleveland, Ohio
A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Rosser, Manitoba
Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.
San Jose, California
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
El Cajon, California
Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Marshall, California
Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.
Yonkers, New York
America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Bedford, England
A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.