Las Vegas, Nevada
'The Mantis'
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
St. Augustine, Florida
This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
Reno, Nevada
An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.
St. Louis, Missouri
A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Baltimore, Maryland
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.