Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Mothman Museum
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Auburn, Kentucky
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Anchorage, Alaska
Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.
Brookfield, Massachusetts
Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Tonopah, Nevada
An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Västerås, Sweden
A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Ione, California
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.