Located on NW Thurman Street in Portland, this temple of the peculiar stands as a monument to everything that doesn’t quite ...

As you approach the unassuming storefront, the first hint that you’re in for something special comes from the vintage-style sign announcing “THE PECULIARIUM” hanging above the entrance. The vibrant ...

Roy P. Mackal — the controversial and colorful University of Chicago scientist whose study of monsters caught the attention of the New York Times and People magazine — died in 2013. In his effort to ...

Colorado woman Janay Lynn implored the armchair wildlife experts of her viral video to guess the true identity of the beast.

After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again rising. What gives?

Joseph Aaron Segal, an adjunct professor at RISD who once competed on Project Runway, showcases his designs inside his ...

Roy P. Mackal, a University of Chicago scientist, fruitlessly pursued the creature for decades. One of his long-lost ...

Jun Fujita is the Japanese-American photographer behind some of the most recognizable photographs taken in Chicago in the ...

Loch Ness Monster beneath the surface. Image by lubomira08 via Depositphotos. Cryptozoology, the study of hidden animals, has long been regarded as a field straddling the fine line between legitimate ...

Meanwhile, cryptozoology buffs even surmised that the animal could be a chupacabra, a vampiric demon from Latin American lore that imbibes the blood of livestock, hence its colloquial name “the ...

Reports of a dinosaur-like beast known as the Mokele-mbembe are on the rise in The Democratic Republic of Congo ...