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1890s Alien Gravesite

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Varginha, Brazil

Nave Espacial de Varginha

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

roadside attractions

Roadside Attractions: Aliens Welcome

Allison Meier September 2, 2014

Roswell McDonalds

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell McDonald's

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Area 51, from the vantage point at Tikaboo Peak.

Tikaboo Peak

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

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Bowman, South Carolina

UFO Welcome Center

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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Bratislava, Slovakia

Most SNP

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Dr. George King

Los Angeles, California

Aetherius Society's American Headquarters

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

The Baigong Pipes

Baigong Pipes

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

Space Acorn replica on display in Kecksburg, PA

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

Space Acorn

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

The Little A'Le'Inn

Little A'Le'Inn

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Davis, California

Solar Intersections

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Inside the bathroom of the gas station

Lincoln, New Hampshire

Betty and Barney Hill Memorials

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Hill family plot

Kingston, New Hampshire

Betty and Barney Hill Graves

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Dress that Betty Hill wore the night of the claimed abduction, missing a swatch on the chest that was sent in for scientific analysis

Durham, New Hampshire

Betty and Barney Hill Archive

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

(Flickr/Olivier Nade)

Bugarach, France

Bugarach

Small French town or alien garage?

space exploration

Atlas Obscura Guide to First Contact

Eric Grundhauser June 2, 2011

West Windsor Township, New Jersey

'War of the Worlds' Monument

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.