New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
District of Columbia
Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."