An exhibit on witchcraft in North America has opened at Cornell, and is there through most of next year! If you go after February, you could swing through Hartford and check out the Gorey’s Worlds exhibit at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. It looks like 2018 will be good for spooky roadtrips, provided we’re all still alive and functioning.

A huge auction of memento mori and mourning jewelry just took place. I think it’s mostly over now, but you can still see the items (and the prices at which they sold). 

I tripped over the amazing Necro Nom-nom-nomicon in my online travels. Spooky food and crafts! What’s not to love?

And finally, if you’re thinking of traveling internationally, here are some estimates on how long it’ll take to learn the language(s). I think it’s weird that German is supposed to be so much harder, but hey, what do I know, I’m here in America, where we can barely speak English these days.