Find places devoted to almost anything.
Ordinary maps bury them. DarkStops puts curated, verified dark places on one map: famous graves, historic prisons, catacombs, memorials, witchcraft museums, haunted buildings and occult shops.
- No account
- Full map included
- No advertising tracking
Only the places worth an oddly specific detour.
Start with the interesting stuff
Ordinary maps bury them among everything else. This one shows only places with a real, documented connection to death, crime, the occult or the macabre, clustered so the world stays easy to explore.
Know before you go
See photographs, what the collection is actually about, the address, step-free access where known and a link to the official website.
Go straight to directions
Send the destination to Apple Maps or Google Maps. No new navigation system to learn and no address to copy.
See what is nearby
Location is optional. Use Nearby when you want it and the map shows which dark place is closest when you have an hour to spare.
Save a shortlist
Shortlist the places that catch your eye, narrow them by category and show only those places on the map.
Keep your visited record
Mark a place visited and it joins your totals by country and category. Your theme board becomes a record of the subjects you keep coming back to.
The whole map is included.
Discovery is not the upgrade. Find every place, check the details and get directions without paying or creating an account.
- Explore every place on the map and search by place, subject or category.
- Read place details and open directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps.
- Keep up to ten places in Shortlist and ten in Visited. Premium only removes those limits.
Pick a pin. Check the details. Go.
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Pick a pin
Search a place, choose a subject or look around your current location.
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Check the details
See what the place is about, where it is and the practical details we know.
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Make the detour
Open directions now, or save it for the next time you are nearby.
Pencils. Lawnmowers. Umbrellas. That sort of thing.
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- Aberfan Disaster Memorial Garden
- Beaumaris Gaol
- Grave of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas
- Craig y Nos Castle
- Gelert's Grave
- Hut 9
- Flat Holm Isolation Hospital
- Devil's Bridge Falls
Before you make the detour.
- Is the full map free?
- Yes. Browse and search every place, read the details and open directions. You can also keep up to ten places in each of Shortlist and Visited. Premium only removes those two list limits.
- Do I need an account?
- No. There is no sign-up, no email and no password. What you save stays on your iPhone.
- Are you tracking me?
- There is no advertising tracking. Location is optional. Anonymous product analytics is off by default and only starts if you opt in; you can turn it off in Settings.
- Does it need a signal?
- The place catalogue ships inside the app, so the details are always there. The map tiles stream, so the map itself wants a connection.
- What counts as a dark place?
- An identifiable place that exists now, can be visited or viewed lawfully, and has a substantial, evidenced connection to death, crime, punishment, tragedy, the occult or macabre culture. Tours, private homes, trespass sites and approximate points stay out.
- Where do the places come from?
- Open data, checked and curated by hand. Venues change their hours and sometimes close, so every card links to the official site. Check before you travel.
Find an oddly specific place worth a detour.
No account. Full map included. No advertising tracking.