Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Masonic Temple
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
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Detroit, Michigan
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
Oakland, California
A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.
Escondido, California
This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.
Totnes, England
A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
England
A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.
Mexico City, Mexico
The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.
Merritt Island, Florida
Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.
Hebron, New Hampshire
The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".
Port Aransas, Texas
The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.
Lorton, Virginia
This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.
Brooklyn, New York
Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.
Conway, South Carolina
This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.
Friday Harbor, Washington
This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.
Huntsville, Alabama
Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Hiawatha, Kansas
This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.
Cleveland, Ohio
A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio
A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Huntington Park, California
Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.