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The World of the Unexplained were two museums, opened in 1972 by Ripley's Believe It or Not!, one at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco) and one in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, originally called the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. Ripley's had acquired the late Gerald B. Gardner's collection of witchcraft items from Wiccan Monique Wilson, and ...
The museum is adjoined to a wax museum and also features a mini-golf attraction. Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditorium in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, Ontario – This location is shaped like a toppled over Empire State Building with King Kong standing on top of it. This is the second oldest Ripley's Museum in the world and is one of three in ...
Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville, closed in 1998 [58] Music Valley Wax Museum, Nashville [59] Obion County Museum, Union City, closed in 2012, collections moved to Discovery Park of Americar [60] Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge [61] Soda Museum, Springfield, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising [62]
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - Gatlinburg, Tennessee, U.S. Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditoriums - 32 locations in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Thailand, U.K., and U.S. Ripley's Haunted Adventure - three locations in US and one in Thailand; Ripley's Mini-Golf and Arcade - Gatlinburg, Tennessee ...
San Antonio, Texas - opened on March 22, 2002, next to Ripley Museum and Madame Tussaud's Waxworks on North Alamo Street and across from The Alamo in the Downtown area. [ 3 ] Pattaya , Thailand - opened on October 30, 2004, within Ripley Museum on the second floor of the Royal Garden Plaza shopping complex (c. 1993) on Pattaya 1 or Beach Road ...
The Hollywood Wax Museum is a two-story wax museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It features replicas of celebrities in film, television and music. The Tennessee museum was originally located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. [1]
Ripley has found places in other media, including a 1956 episode of the anthology series “Studio One” and a BBC radio adaption of all five Ripley novels (aka “The Ripliad”) in 2009.
In 2011, the museum was recognized with the Branson Beautification Award for improving an important stretch of Highway 76. A third Hollywood Wax Museum opened in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 2007. However, it closed three years later, to be replaced by the larger Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee that opened in May 2012.