From The Grotesque in Church Art by T. Tindall Wildridge, 1899.

Out with the invisible woman.  A detail from Nebelspalter, 1930.

From The Goblin, 1928.

From Atta Troll by Heinrich Heine and illustrated by Willy Pogány, 1914.

"They thought only of their flight."  From Star People by Katharine Fay Dewey, 1910. 

Windmill costumes are extraordinary rare, likely because they're difficult to store and because the powers that be don't wish us to be energy independent.  From Le Charivari, 1890.

From Colorado College's 1936 yearbook.

Do not touch snakes, look at mating snakes, burn snakes, or inhale the odor of snakes or their dens.  From a teacher training guide to Navajo cultural beliefs, 1986.

Rare to see a dog in an ill-fitting suit.  From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1951 yearbook.

Perhaps those clubs on the path behind the king are the footprints and spiked-stick print from where he originally posed before the sketch artist asked him to come a bit closer.  From Swarthmore's 1898 yearbook.

From Hope College's 1930 yearbook.

For those of us who enjoy very dark, aimless drives (highly recommended and highly spooky!), this sort of mysteriousness is not uncommon.  From Lumières Dans La Nuit, 1971.

From The Cats' Arabian Nights by Abby Morton Diaz, 1881.

Just in case, here's a witching rod.  (We traced the origin of magic wands here.)  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.

From Wizardry Gaiden I: Suffering of the Queen Strategy Guide.

From The Current Sauce, 1953.

The endpapers from Ann Sheridan and the Sign of the Sphinx by Kathryn Heisenfelt and illustrated by Henry E. Vallely.

From Medical College of Virginia's 1918 yearbook.