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Barboursville, West Virginia

Billy Bob’s Wonderland

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.
Naples, Italy

Via Port’Alba

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.
Cougar, Washington

Ape Canyon

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

Yokai Yashiki (Monster and Stone Museum)

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

The Sasquatch Outpost

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Sylacauga, Alabama

Monument to Lady-Whacking Meteorite

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.
Montevallo, Alabama

Tinglewood Carvings

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Millbrook, Alabama

Spectre Set Ruins

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Tacoma, Washington

'Top of the Ocean' Monument

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.
Tacoma, Washington

Old St. Peter's Church

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.
St. Louis, Missouri

'The Naked Truth'

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.
Sparks, Nevada

The Generator

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".
Nashville, Tennessee

Jamaicaway Restaurant and Catering

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Museum

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

Bigfoot Crossroads of America

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.
Madison, Tennessee

Pinky Ring Pizza

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.
Nashville, Tennessee

Brown's Diner

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.
Nashville, Tennessee

Yay Yay's

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.
Jacksonville, Oregon

The Bigfoot Trap

Sasqu(w)atch out!
Toutle, Washington

North Fork Survivors

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.
Willow Creek, California

China Flat Museum Bigfoot Collection

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Pearl River, Louisiana

Honey Island Swamp

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
Fouke, Arkansas

Boggy Creek Monster

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.