Waverly, West Virginia
Mountwood Park
Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.
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Waverly, West Virginia
Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Providence, Rhode Island
The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.
Providence, Rhode Island
Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.
Providence, Rhode Island
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
Providence, Rhode Island
Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Kenova, West Virginia
Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Wellington, New Zealand
A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.
Melbourne, Australia
Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.
Melbourne, Australia
Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.
Melbourne, Australia
The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.
Melbourne, Australia
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Parramatta, Australia
The oldest European burial ground in Australia.