One of the wonderful things about encountering people from other cultures is hearing about the urban legends and folklore that they grew up with. After all, the things that go bump in the night are ...

Hunting the Ninki-Nanka? Seeking the Yeti? Expedia is helping modern-day Newt Scamanders seek out fantastical beasts with a new online travel guide that includes a mythical creatures map, as well as ...

The Loch Ness Monster — real or fiction? (Photo by Sam Forencich/Corbis. Design by Erik Mace for Yahoo Travel.) Even small children know that monsters are something you run away from. Yet, there are ...

Above: Ortelius's 1658 map of Iceland showing various mythological sea creatures. Below, a detail of a sea creature labelled H, ‘the greatest of whales’ which could not chase fish but caught them ...

Dragons & Mythical Creatures at RWP Zoo opens this Sunday! Guests to the Zoo this spring and summer can embark on a mythical journey where folklore meets reality as they encounter 60 life-size dragons ...