Casino Nobile in Villa Torlonia with an image of bunker like Mussolini's

Recently, I was caught off guard by a CNN Travel article about Mussolini’s World War II bunker opening to the public. Why? I’m not entirely sure, but I think it has to do with Hitler. When I think about the “bad guys” of WWII, I often forget it was plural.Continue Reading

Crime burglar tourism travel

“Crime tourism is on the rise,” one of our local news anchors said during a recent broadcast. “We’ll discuss where it’s happening and why after the break.” That certainly piqued my interest and made me stick around through commercials. I’ve heard about all kinds of different types of tourism, fromContinue Reading

City street rat tours

“What the heck is a rat tour?” I wondered as I watched The Drew Barrymore Show playing on a screen while I stood in line waiting to order at McAlister’s recently. “Say what? Is there seriously such a thing?” I didn’t get to see more. The line advanced, and itContinue Reading

Gruesome twosome in Darkest Deal

You’d think a previous traumatizing Halloween Horror Nights experience would’ve been enough to last me a lifetime. Well, like myself, you’d be wrong. As I’ve admitted before, I’m a bawk, bawk chicken butt when it comes to Halloween-style haunted houses. Venturing to haunted places? No problem. Watching horror movies lateContinue Reading

Red map of US with true crime markers on states with top true crime tourism

What do places like the Lizzie Borden, Villisca Axe Murder, and Amityville Horror houses have in common with places like Alcatraz or the Cecil Hotel? This is sort of a trick question. However, if you said “ghosts” or “hauntings,” you’d be right. But before they were known for their paranormalContinue Reading

Haunted Gorge Underground Boat tour poster 2021

  Updated September 15, 2021 What comes to mind when you think of Kentucky? Horses and the Derby? Bourbon? Baseball? What about a great place to explore the outdoors? Or, in the case of the Gorge Underground, explore Mother Nature’s indoors. Among other things, Kentucky is cave country. You canContinue Reading

360 degree walk through graphic of Winchester Mystery House

Have you ever wanted to explore the Winchester Mystery House at your leisure with no crowds or restricted access? Thanks to their new 360 Walk Through experience you can! Video Access Tour The Winchester Mystery House has come up with some great offerings during this coronavirus quarantine crisis we findContinue Reading

Bulldog Tours logo

A story from the Charleston City Paper about Bulldog Tours hosting virtual tours of the Holy City during coronavirus caught my eye over the weekend. Like many other cities across the U.S. (and world), Charleston found itself placed under stay-at-home lockdown orders on March 24, which closed all non-essential businesses.Continue Reading

One of the ports on our British Isles cruise a couple years back was Greenock, Scotland. We’d done our research and knew that a quick train ride would take us to Glasgow. Before we’d left home, I’d bought City Sightseeing Glasgow Hop-On Hop-Off Tour tickets for us from our affiliate,Continue Reading

Do you like HoHos? I don’t mean the snack cake kind. (Which, sweet tooth sufferer that I am, amazingly enough I’ve never had an affinity for.) I’m talking about the touristy kind of HoHos, as in Hop-On, Hop-Off tours. Too Touristy? There are some travelers who find these sorts ofContinue Reading

scary Man with axe standing in abandoned building with graffitti

First published on March 28, 2017. Updated January 23, 2025. Here at Haunt Jaunts we have a fondness for tours. The more macabre, the better. True crime tours certainly fit that bill. That’s why, once upon a time, a tweet from iHorror about a certain tour caught my eye. AContinue Reading

Viator is one of our affiliates for a reason: they have tours that are appealing. (At least to me.) One that I’m absolutely astounded (and delighted) to discover is this one: Southampton Shore Excursion: Pre-Cruise Tour from London to Southampton via Stonehenge. Here’s the overview: Leave your central London hotelContinue Reading