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International Cryptozoology Museum.

Cryptid Tourism: The Best Museums, Destinations & Festivals Across America

Museums for Bigfoot, Mothman, and the Skunk Ape. Where to go, what you'll see, hours and admission—plus the legends behind America's favorite cryptids.

Louise Story September 14, 2026

North American Cryptid Museum

The North American Cryptid Museum doesn't simply tell stories about monsters—it invites you to step into their world.

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Gloucester Sea Serpent Statue

This sculpture is dedicated to a famed cryptid and local icon allegedly witnessed in the early 19th century.

Latin for “nobody,” Point Nemo—pictured in this map—has a fitting name.

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The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster

Eerie things happen at Point Nemo.

Frank Jacobs August 8, 2026

Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Bray Road

It is the location of a string of sightings of a “werewolf” or “wolfman” from the early 1970s to the late ‘90s, now known as the Beast of Bray Road.

Salida, Colorado

Salida Fur-Bearing Trout

The trout that grew a winter coat is mounted in its Colorado hometown.

8 Haunting and Beautiful Places to Visit in West Virginia

From a ghostly hotel to a small-town Halloween fantasia to a pair of legendary creatures said to roam the woods, West Virginia has bountiful offerings sure to bewitch all kinds of visitors.

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Not only does the Albatwitch steal your apples; it throws the cores back at you.

Meet Pennsylvania's Apple-Snatching 'Little Bigfoot'

The Albatwitch will steal your fruit, then scurry back into the trees.

Jess Simms March 31, 2025

Creeping in the dark woods is a hideous beast—but don't say that to its face.

Appalachia’s Ugliest Cryptid Drowns In Its Own Tears

A new festival looks to draw out and soothe the squonk in all of us.

Jess Simms October 22, 2024

The wendigo of North America's Great Lakes region is a symbol of both the desperate season of winter and boundless human greed.

The Wendigo and 6 Other Ancient Monsters From Indigenous Folklore

These ancient terrors, from Australia’s bunyip to Brazil’s capelobo, still haunt—and hunt—us.

Gemma Tarlach October 4, 2024

An atmospheric 2005 image of Lake Tahoe seems to capture a glimpse of Tahoe Tessie (center left).

The Loch Ness Monster Look-Alike Lurking Beneath Lake Tahoe

Legends of Tahoe Tessie go back centuries.

Suzie Dundas July 30, 2024

Altay Prefecture, China

Kanas Lake

A lake that borders Kazakhstan and Russia allegedly harbors the giant "Terror Trout" or "Chinese Nessie."

North American Bigfoot Center

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

A sign requesting information on big cats in West Sussex.

The Enduring Enigma of Alien Big Cats

What sightings of lions in Illinois and pumas in Australia tell us about our relationship with the natural world.

Colin Dickey May 30, 2024

Beginning in the 20th century, the hunt for the deadly wampus cat was on.

The Child-Eating Wampus Cat Prowling the American South

Hide your dog; hide your children.

April White May 3, 2024

The capelobo is said to stalk Brazil's dense rainforests—always looking for its next victim.

The Blood-Sucking Capelobo Haunts Brazil’s Dense Forests

The humanoid anteater slurps its victim’s gray matter as if devouring termites in a mound.

April White May 2, 2024

The Brocken spectre phenomenon, when a human's shadow seems enormous and far away, is the likely explanation for numerous sightings of so-called dark watchers in California's Santa Lucia Mountains.

Have You Seen a Dark Watcher?

Cryptic characters lurk in California's mountains. Or maybe it's just the weather.

Roxanne Hoorn May 2, 2024

Standing no taller than a 10-year-old, the Yara ma tha who watches from the forest canopy—always ready to pounce on its next victim.

The Child-Eating Bloodsucker of Aboriginal Australian Nightmares

The Yara ma tha who is more terrifying than any vampire.

April White May 1, 2024