Places cnnorfrench Wants to Go

This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

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

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

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.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.