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A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

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

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

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

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

Spain's stunning solar energy plant.

Israel's premiere solar energy research facility provides energy to nomads.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

In Phetchaburi, Thailand, a roadside vendor cooks his fare with 1,000 mirrors and the power of the sun.

At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.