Places thedeparture Wants to Go

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

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.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

Something's watching you.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.