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

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

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.