Places Avalon Wants to Go

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

The ship that got left behind.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.