Lonely Planet Kids Atlas of Spooky Places: Explore Strange & Unusual Places | Haunted Hotels, Unsolved Mysteries & Eerie Events | Awesome Visuals & Illustrations

by Paige Towler

Discover spooky secrets and bone-chilling tales about eerie places around the world. Read on if you dare…Take a journey to a wild and isolated park in Canada that's said to be roamed by headless ghosts, or descend into an underground network of human bones and skulls in Paris. Packed with wicked tales of cursed castles, legendary monsters and unexplained phenomena, this is the ultimate atlas to some of the creepiest places on Earth.Inside  Atlas of Spooky Places :Explore the strangest and most unusual places on the planetContinent maps introduce each section and pinpoint creepy locationsFun features cover haunted happenings, horrifying hotels and unsolved mysteries Bursting with awesome and spooky visuals that bring each location to lifeIllustrated by Maria Brzozowska, a masterful visual storyteller whose stunning artwork is shaped by a sense of wonder and symbolic surrealismIncludes a handy glossary and resources for curious kids to further their learningWritten by Paige Towler, author of 25+ children's books including Lonely Planet Kids A Kid's Guide to Paris and A Kid's Guide to London
 Your next adventure to seriously weird places across the globe awaits in this hair-raising atlas for brave readers only…

Genres: Nonfiction

112 pages, Hardcover

First published August 11, 2026

Reviews

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spooky places, for upper elementary to middle grade readers. I'm genuinely impressed with the variety of selections here. While some extremely standard places are included, many of them are more obscure. I learned about a lot of new places, so the kids who are the target audience are going to find even more that's new to them. More than that, there's also a wide variety of places. It's not all haunted hotels and spooky houses. There's also a lot of natural eeriness and genuine historical mysteries. I'm also impressed that the author includes skepticism in at least a few places, which I don't really expect from kids' books about the weird.

[Kristen Barenthaler · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read! There were tons of places that I had never heard of before, so I was excited to dig into more research. While I’ve never read a children’s book that mentions cannibalism multiple times before, I think this is a great resource for explorers of all ages. The images are spooky, but not graphic or terrifying. The places are described in realistic, but simple ways that are scary, but not too much.

Thanks to Edelweiss Plus for this advanced copy! 📖

[hannah | han.nahsbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was an interesting read. i enjoyed the topics explored. i mostly enjoyed the haunted things. i wish it covered more cryptid things like thought it might. i still enjoyed it and think others would too. great for spooky season!