Hartford, Connecticut
Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
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Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
Cleveland, Ohio
A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Marshall, Michigan
Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.
Lucas, Kansas
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Bíldudalur, Iceland
The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.
Saugues, France
An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Malakwa, British Columbia
An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.
Alton, Illinois
A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.
Auvers Village, France
Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.
Jacksonville, Oregon
Sasqu(w)atch out!
Peachland, British Columbia
The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.
Cawker City, Kansas
Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.
Fouke, Arkansas
The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.