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Even ghouls need a vacation
If you and your band of ghouls are looking for a truly unique summer day trip, here is a list of inexpensive places to visit that range from the amusing to the down-right disturbing! Whether it’s Muppets or the Mothman, you’ll be sure to find something in you neck of the woods that’s worth haunting!
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World
May 23-August 16, 2009
http://www.nmfh.org/
The Mütter Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Current exhibit: The Devouring Element: Lead’s Impact on Health
http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp
Vent Haven Ventriloquist Museum
Fort Mitchell, KY
33 West Maple Avenue
http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/venthaven/index.html
THE MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/exhibitsnew.html
The Museum of Bad Art
Dedham, Massachusetts
http://www.museumofbadart.org/
Bigfoot Discovery Museum
Felton, California
http://bigfootdiscoveryproject.com/
Space Alien Pilot Buried Here
Cemetery Road, Aurora, TX
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13501
Museum of Natural & Artificial Ephemerata
Austin, TX
http://www.mnae.org/
Faulkenstein Castle
Burnet, TX
http://www.falkensteincastle.com/general_info.htm
Pirate & Smuggling Museum
Corpus Christi, TX
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4832466,00.html
Marfa Mystery Lights
Marfa, TX
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/10130
Full-size Replica Ezekiel Airship
Pittsburg, TX
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11610
Mothman Museum
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
http://www.mothmanlives.com/
Troll infested town!
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
**Also known as “The Trollway”
http://www.mounthorebtrollway.com/
Salem Witch Museum
Salem, MA
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
Marie Laveau House of Voodoo
New Orleans, LA
http://www.bloodymarystours.com/marielaveaus.html
Cartoon Art Museum
San Francisco, CA
http://www.cartoonart.org/
Star Trek: The Exhibition
May 16 – Sept 20
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
http://www2.fi.edu/startrek/
July 10th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
“I never heard of Innsmouth till the day before I saw it for the first and – so far – last time. I was celebrating my coming of age by a tour of New England – sightseeing, antiquarian, and genealogical – and had planned to go directly from ancient Newburyport to Arkham, whence my mother’s family was derived. I had no car, but was travelling by train, trolley and motor-coach, always seeking the cheapest possible route. In Newburyport they told me that the steam train was the thing to take to Arkham; and it was only at the station ticket-office, when I demurred at the high fare, that I learned about Innsmouth. . .
Most interesting of all was a glancing reference to the strange jewelry vaguely associated with Innsmouth. It had evidently impressed the whole countryside more than a little, for mention was made of specimens in the museum of Miskatonic University at Arkham, and in the display room of the Newburyport Historical Society . . . It took no excessive sensitiveness to beauty to make me literally gasp at the strange, unearthly splendour of the alien, opulent phantasy that rested there on a purple velvet cushion The material seemed to be predominantly gold, though a weird lighter lustrousness hinted at some strange alloy with an equally beautiful and scarcely identifiable metal. Its condition was almost perfect, and one could have spent hours in studying the striking and puzzlingly untraditional designs – some simply geometrical, and some plainly marine – chased or moulded in high relief on its surface with a craftsmanship of incredible skill and grace.”
July 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
WOW-some really cool places-some in tx too-in waxahachie their is a house that look like the munsters house-only open on helloween tho
July 10th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I would love to visit some of these places but rarely leave Ontario and have no passport now to get into the States….
July 10th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I wish I was in the States so I could visit all those cool places… sounds like a very interesting list to visit!
July 10th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I certainly need a good scary place to “Haunt” this summer!
Perhaps I’ll take my horde of zombies to one of these places!
-Stay Scary!
Brian Hardin II
July 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Winner of the 1st Oberon Designs bookmark! Congrats!
July 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Winner of the 2nd Oberon Designs bookmark! Congrats!
July 10th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Winner of the 5th Oberon Designs bookmark! Congrats!
July 10th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
The Museum of Ephemerata, with its dime to $4 suggested donation and Kombucha tea station, sounds alluring
especially its ghosts, SUPERNATURAL manifestations & PARANORMAL presences, and impermanent collection featuring Naturalia & Artificialia, Urban Phantasmagoria, The Celebrity Collection, The Snowglobe Collection, and an Entire Wing Dedicated to SLEEP!
July 10th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
The Museum of Ephemerata is very cool. I personally recommend it!