Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

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

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

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

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

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.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

An original apothecary from 1792.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.