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A house surrounding by lit pumpkin lanterns

20 Places to Visit Along West Virginia's Country Roads

The Mountain State is filled with surprises, from giant telescopes to elusive cryptids.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism

The Sasquatch Outpost

Bailey, Colorado

The Sasquatch Outpost

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Loveland Frog, pleased to meet you.

Meet the Cryptids Haunting Ohio's Imagination

A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State's beloved—and infamous—legends.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 11, 2020

Cranfield's Curiosity Cabinet.

Southend-on-Sea, England

Cranfield's Curiosity Cabinet

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

Cryptids all around.

24 Extremely Local Cryptids You've Probably Never Heard Of

There are monsters seemingly around every corner.

Eric Grundhauser March 18, 2019

Pearl River, Louisiana

Honey Island Swamp

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Nykøbing Falster, Denmark

Museum Obscurum

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Do mythic plesiosaurs leave behind DNA?

Why Genetics Researchers Are Looking for the Loch Ness Monster

"I don’t believe that there’s a monster, but if I’m wrong, well, that’s OK."

Eric Grundhauser May 30, 2018

A puma killed in 1830 in Louisiana, which is outside the animal's current habitat.

The Eastern Cougar Is Officially Extinct

So why do people keep seeing them?

Cara Giaimo January 30, 2018

Godzilla was inspired by fear of a world changed in the wake of nuclear disaster.

How Climate Change Inspires Monsters

"The Year Without a Summer" produced some of the most iconic fictional beasts of all time.

Natasha Frost January 23, 2018

Cherry Log, Georgia

Expedition Bigfoot (The Sasquatch Museum)

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

Seara, pronounced, "Sea-RAH," has the webbed feet of a duck, the head of a rabbit, and the body of a seal.

A Curious Menagerie of Mutant Taxidermy

In a cramped apartment in East New York, the artist Takeshi Yamada lives among his strange creations.

Zoë Bernard December 4, 2017

A 1950s-era drawing of mountain climbers in the Himalayas spotting a Yeti in the distance.

DNA Says 'Yeti' Evidence Comes From Bears, But Will Believers Be Convinced?

One expert sees the value in maintaining a little mystery.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 30, 2017

A pard from the 12th-century <em>Aberdeen Bestiary</em> manuscript.

Just About Everything We Know About the Pard

The mythical big cat was once believed to make up half of every leopard.

Natasha Frost October 13, 2017

The Bigfoot Trap

Jacksonville, Oregon

The Bigfoot Trap

Sasqu(w)atch out!

In Search of the Elusive Pink-Headed Duck

After years of trying, one man thinks he will finally find a bird long thought to be extinct.

Sarah Laskow June 1, 2017

Okanagan lake, where Ogopogo is thought to live.

Peachland, British Columbia

Okanagan Lake

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

A "sea devil" from Icones animalium (1553).

Where to Find the World's Best Hometown Monsters

Here are 25 places to see yetis, sea monsters, Sasquatch, and other cryptids.

Molly McBride Jacobson February 24, 2017