About Us
A field guide to the strange.
What Strange Route is, how locations make the cut, and how anyone can add useful context.
Why we exist
Strange Route exists to document the world's most unusual, mysterious, historic, unexplained, and culturally significant places in a way that is organized, accessible, and enjoyable to explore.
The goal is not to prove or disprove. It is to document, preserve, and give context.
We serve as a curated archive of places that inspire curiosity and encourage deeper exploration of history, culture, mythology, and the unknown. Not to settle legends, but to keep them.
01 — Curation
How locations are selected
A place may be included due to one or more of the following:
Inclusion does not imply endorsement or verification of every claim associated with a location.
02 — Documentation
How we handle the record
Many of these stories are unverified by nature. When confirmation is available, we look for it in places like:
Where something can be confirmed, we note it. Where it can't, we keep documented facts separate from reported claims so you can read the legend without us pretending to be the final say.
03 — Contribute
Community contributions
Anyone with an account can add a comment, contribute a visit photo, or suggest a new location. Helpful contributions include:
Photos and location suggestions are reviewed before publication. Comments may be moderated, and content that is unsafe, abusive, misleading, or off-topic may be removed.