London, England
Tower Bridge’s Dead Man’s Hole
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
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London, England
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
England
A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Norwich, England
One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.
New Orleans, Louisiana
One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.
Madrid, New Mexico
Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.
Concord, New Hampshire
This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Atlanta, Georgia
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.
Waldoboro, Maine
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Bristol, England
A monument dedicated to the unrecognized Black "mother" of modern medicine.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.