Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A fur trade museum in western Nebraska stands on the reconstructed footprint of a 19th-century trading post.

A small-town Nebraska museum is home to thousands of handmade clown dolls.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.