Ripley's Believe It or Not!

It was much bigger than we anticipated.

Also, Pigeon Forge has a lot of fun stops, similar to Orlando, how you have Wonder Works and Ripley's.

And Gatlinburg has the Ripley's Aquarium also.

And something fun about Gatlinburg is they have a free shuttle that'll take you all around the main points of interest.

So we used that.

We took that from in front of the Ripley's Aquarium to the Smoky Mountains Visitor Center.

And the Visitor Center is actually where we picked our son up the National Parks Passport book that he was able to get stamped.

So that was pretty cool.

All right, Spencer, thank you so much.

Ripley's Believe It or Not is closing its San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf location after nearly 60 years.

The president of Ripley's Believe It or Not World Entertainment today announced that the attraction would close sometime before the end of the year.

The company plans to hold a sale of a select group of exhibits with special ties to San Francisco.

Up next, the push to take over the PG&E grid in San Francisco.

Yet among former staff and long-time locals, the name Pinscher still surfaces occasionally, a reminder of one of Blackpool's rare tales of a ghost that was said to leave physical marks.

Ripley's Believe It or Not Auditorium During the 1980s and 1990s, Blackpool's Ripley's Believe It or Not Auditorium occupied a prominent spot on the Golden Mile.

The attraction specialised in unusual artefacts and sideshow curiosities.

But in its final years, it picked up a small piece of modern folklore.

Uh, they were the most, uh, primitive race on Earth.

In nineteen thirty-five, Ripley's Believe It or Not, you heard of Ripley's Believe It or Not?

Yep.

Yeah.

love museums in general.

But thinking about quirky museums, the only thing that comes to mind is visiting like Ripley's Believe It or Not when I was a teenager.

But I feel like that's lame.

No, I don't think so.

Oh, yeah.

Laura says, "Ripley's Believe It or Not."

Oh, man.

Logan, "Guinness Book of World Records." Seth, without an answer.

Randall says, "Ripley Believe It or Not." Corey, without an answer.

Oh.

Nate, "Ripley's Believe It or Not." Brodie, "Ripley's Believe It or Not." The correct answer is Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Shit.

For Bobby, the best was yet to come.

He was featured in the Ripley's Believe It or Not comic strip and, last time I visited, although it's been many years, his story was part of the exhibit at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum on the Newport Bayfront.

He became a movie star later in 1924, starring as himself in the silent film The Call of the West.

And, of course, the Braziers made sure he never had to hunt for meals again.