In 1930 renovations to a tavern on St Sampson's, York, revealed the remains of a caldarium, or steam bath, from the Roman city of Eboracum. The caldarium, and a neighbouring plunge bath, have been excavated, and visitors can now see the place where Roman soldiers and citizens came to find relaxation.
The small museum is below ground, accessed through the Roman Bath pub, and shows remains of the baths with Roman artefacts and replica articles of everyday life. There are fascinating - and often humourous - facts and figures about Roman life in York scattered about the museum on placards, and visitors can view armour, weapons, and Roman tiles up close.
You can view tiles find on the site, some of which clearly show the signs of nails from the sandals of Romans who trod upon them before the tile had hardened after being made. (See below for a photo). Tiles appear to show the seal of the 9th Roman legion, who founded the city of Eboracum in 71 AD.
I went to investigate this afternoon, when I finally woke up. I found no supernatural activity there. Although, something to report. The owners of the pub have an 5 and 8 year old boy who they say drew a rather detailed picture of naked people who the owners feared were still there. I told them that perhaps he's picking up on impressions or even energy inprints that are left there. The kids are good artist, if nothing else.
Perhaps it's not scary, but it is interesting and worth noteing.