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This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

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

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.