#Ripley Odditorium

[ultraozzie3000]

Some Pitiful Melodies

Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth (1885–1965) sought to popularize classical music and improve the musical tastes of the masses by meeting the public wherever he could find them, from vaudeville halls to national radio broadcasts. September 1, 1934 cover by William Steig. Born in a line of three generations of Lutheran clergymen, Spaeth chose a different path and became a musicologist who sought to…

[madhattersez]

Random Shots from the "Museum of the Weird" in Austin, TX

[theloverstomb]

Elsa, The Headless Woman, Ripley Odditorium, New York, NY

[ahmarwolf]

The Day of Ripley #2

The biggest difference between yesterday and today, I am on my laptop posting this… with 3 days left. Ripley’s Odditorium was beyond fantastic and it started with this The best minotaur I ever seen. While the museum itself was pure fun. Literally too may things to name https://www.ripleys.com/attractions/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-hollywood Hope to come back and see it. In addition did you know…

[hashira-travels]

One small step for Man, One Giant Leap for Hashira!

Ripley’s Odditorium in San Antonio, Texas with Kyojuro.

He had a lovely time :D

[burt-reynolds-goes-about-his-day]

sometimes seeing isn't believing. just something i learned at ripley's believe it or not odditorium

[nhacly]

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Grand Prairie, TX - Buy Discount Tickets, Tours, and Vacation Packages

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! – Grand Prairie, TX – Buy Discount Tickets, Tours, and Vacation Packages

Experience our five awesome attractions all under one roof including Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, mingle with the stars at Louis Tussauds Palace of Wax, find your way through our mind-bending Mirror Maze and our challenging Laser race, and take a ride on the exhilarating 7d Moving Theater. The only place in DFW where you’ll find shrunken heads, vampire killing kits, two headed animals,…

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[smackdownhotel]

Welcome To Ripley’s Odditorium!

THE LARGEST BALL OF HAIR IN CANADA 🇨🇦!!

Can you solve the mystery gate?

Here’s a maiden nobody wants to fall in love with!

All at FAN-ExPO!

[ephemeraobscura]

“Frieda Pushnik the "Half-Woman" - posed on a bar stool. The back was signed "Good Luck" by Frieda herself in 1943.

Frieda was born without arms or legs in Conemaugh, Pennsylvania. Her condition was said to be the result of a botched appendectomy on her pregnant mother. In 1933, at he age of nine she appeared at Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium at the Chicago World's fair as the "Armless Legless Girl Wonder". She performed in 1939 at the New York World's fair and also with Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey's sideshow from 1943 to 1955. She died from bladder cancer at the age of seventy-seven in Costa Mesa, California.

[air3d3lalm3na]

Woman with world’s longest nails cuts them after 30 years - April 8, 2021

“Williams’ nails reached approximately 11.105 feet on her right hand and 12.960 feet on her left, bringing the total length of her nails to 24 feet 0.7 inches.

“Do what you want to do! Let everyone be themselves. If you want to grow your nails long, do it!" Williams, the Texas-native said of her decision to grow her nails out.

According to a recent press release by the global authority in record-breaking achievements, Williams cut her iconic nails to embark on a new chapter of her life. Post-cut, Williams expressed instant relief in her thumb and knuckles.

Her record-breaking nails will be immortalized with the updated record title and a new display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Orlando Odditorium starting Friday.

"It’s going to feel like it’s a wax of myself. Even though it’s just my nails, it’s going to be awesome. I can’t wait to see that," Williams said about her upcoming nail display at Ripley’s. "It’s history for my kids and my grandkids. It’s very exciting."”

[vintage-musicians]

The Mighty Nelsonian (One-Man Music Machine Mystery Solved)

A few years ago I posted an image of a real photo postcard featuring an unknown man playing an extraordinarily complicated One-Man Music Machine (see below in Comments).The photo was a mystery—I wasn't able to determine who the man was or what kind of contraption he was playing. Later I bought what I thought was a duplicate of the card and filed it away without inspecting it too closely.More recently I was looking through a copy of Real Photo Postcards: Unbelievable Images from the Collection of Harvey Tulcensky (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005). To my surprise, there on page 97 of the book was the same man and machine, and on the back of Tulcensky's card was a handwritten description:"Nelson's 32 piece one man band, took 35 years to build, has 6,000 ft. of rubber tubing, 50,000 parts, weighing 2,800 lbs. Albert Nelson, Buffalo, NY."When I pulled out my two copies of the card to compare them with the one in the book, I realized that I had two similar but different photos. Both showed the man seated at the machine, but in the second one I purchased the man is looking to his right so that his face is visible in profile. The machine is configured differently, too. For one thing, in this photo the fan-shaped shield at the lower right has one belt coming out of it while the image I previously posted has two belts.With the information from the book, I was able to identify the man as Albert Nelson (1884-1964), who was originally from Buffalo, Minnesota (not Buffalo, New York). He spent many years working on different versions of his machine—called The Nelsonian—and became famous when he was hired to play it at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium during the Chicago World's Fair in 1933.A history of the man and his machine was published in 2006. Gary Albert Hukriede, Nelson's grand nephew, authored the book, The Mighty Nelsonian: The Story of Albert Nelson, Inventor of "The Nelsonian One-Man-Band," 32 Musical Instruments Played by One Man (Minneapolis, Minn.: LifePath Histories). Although Albert Nelson, who passed away in 1964, was the only person who could play and maintain the Nelsonian, his remarkable music machine is on display today at the Wright County Historical Society Heritage Center in Buffalo, Minnesota. A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of extraordinary (anything).

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New York City 1958

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Odditorium Times Square

Photograph by Nick DeWolf https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/3345077272

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[pbandjesse]

Today was awesome. We are still in Myrtle beach. I'm chilling in my camp chair and just finished reading for an hour. Im in a really good mood.

Last night was pretty good. Nothing wild happened. It was nice sleeping with the door open with the net, and our mattress didn't deflate. It was a little warm even. Today would be a very warm day.

Jess woke up a little before me and woke me up so she wouldn't startled me getting out of the car. But that was okay. We would get washed up and dressed and after making slightly better coffee we were both in a better mood. I had a nice little apple and cheese breakfast. And then we walked to the beach.

We stopped at the gift shop and decided to come back later for a t-shirt and a magnet. But first it was time to search for pretty shells and stand in the surf.

Jess did not do that. She was in boots. But I walked barefoot and got my legs wet. And found shells and it was great. We watched the sandpipers and learned about the animals that need the dunes to survive. Specifically turtles! Amazing.

We would come back to our camp site and hang out towels and set up the table with some stuff because we decided to spend to much money and go to the aquarium.

But that would be after lunch. First we went to an open air flea market. And it was fun. Not as flea market as I hoped, more drop shipped stuff. But I had a good time looking. We got some old military pins. Had a really funny talk with the man there. Tried to tell me I didn't recognize a submariners pin but then Mr Military was wrong and I was right!! But he was funny and I enjoyed the talk.

Jess was surprised how much I like just chatting with people. She hates it. I keep telling her she has to say hi to everyone at campsites and she is getting better. But it's like. You need to acknowledge so if something happens they saw you and it is just the polite and kind way to act. She's trying. But I think she was surprised how often I will just have a conversation with shop people.

A lot of people just immediately clocked us as out of towners. "where you girls from?" Was the number one question of the day. But people were so kind. Someone asked me if I like the Ravens when I said I was coming from Baltimore and I got to say I just went to my first football game ever and they were all laughs. It was great.

A woman gave us free charms at one stall. And I got a really cool knife that becomes a 16 inch ruler. It's very cool. After some water ice it was time to go get real food.

We went to the boardwalk and got some food at a grill. We shared. I saved some mozzarella sticks for later. And I bought the stupidly expensive aquarium tickets.

We got the package that you get a second thing. Which ended up being something else that we didn't expect. We thought it was am extra aquarium thing but it ended up being an extra Riplys thing. Because this aquarium is owned by the Ripley's believe it or not people. So the second thing was the odditorium and like it was fine. Not the best I've been to. And was to loud. But the aquarium was on of the best I've been too.

It wasn't even that it was a great aquarium. It was good. But there were almost no people. The tunnel had a moving sidewalk. The touch tank with stingrays was so good. And we got to see a penguin parade!! It was just a really excellent time and I was all smiles. I really loved touching the stingrays and watching the seahorses and seadragons. It was the best.

After walking through a very nice gift shop we went back to the car. Jess changed shoes and we backtracked to the boardwalk to go to the odditorium. Which was fine but parking sucked and someone almost backed their car into us and I had to slam on the horn. I think I saw the odditorium as a very dated sideshow attraction. In a way I haven't before. I don't know if it was this one specifically but it just spoke about things in a way I didn't enjoy and it didn't have some of the more impressive things I've seen at other ones. But it's all good. Still had a nice time.

We left there and went to get a photo booth picture. We shared a dippin dot ice cream. Had our picture and then it was time to come back to the campsite.

We got back here and all our stuff was good and safe. We reset up the bed and everything. And then grabbed snacks and a blanket and headed back to the beach.

We laid in the sand for an hour. Read our books. Ate our snacks. Enjoyed the quiet. Someone walked by and told us Jesus loved us. I said thank you because I didn't know what else to say? But he moved on pretty fast.

We stayed until I finished my chapter. And we got back here with time to shower before sunset. We chatted with our camp neighbor for a minute. He liked our car netting. Its an army surplus cot mosquito net. I think he thought it was clever.

We showered and then tried to cook dinner. But as I was about the light the stove the gas valve broke off and gas was pouring out of the thing. I was able to quickly get it off and no one got hurt. But it was scary. The valve seems to be stripped and doesn't attach anymore. So I think the grill is done for. Shame but honestly it is a little to large for what we need it for. And it's very old. So maybe time to replace? I need to do some research.

We were not able to cook our food. But we had lots of cheese and veg and fruit and other things to make a pretty excellent charcuterie camp experience. So we ate and laughed and got eaten by bugs. But it was a good night.

After teeth brushing we have been giving each other space. A really good and healthy thing we do on vacation together. She is in bed and I'm in my camp chair, reading, watching videos, enjoying some alone time. But I should get ready to sleep soon. We have a very long day tomorrow.

We are heading north again in the morning. We will be driving up to West Virginia for one night before home. But we have a few silly little stops to make before I get back to Baltimore. Starting tomorrow with a 3 hours drive to the Whirlygig museum?? I hope it's excellent.

Wish us luck in a very long day!! Goodnight everyone!!

[bobcat-pie]

i wore my most colorful clothing yesterday trying to fight the fish at the aquarium but now I don’t have anything to wear to camouflage myself at Ripley’s Odditorium