Archive | December, 2009
Oh Baby! Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine Opens Fertility Statue Exhibit

Oh Baby! Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine Opens Fertility Statue Exhibit

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.  (Dec. 30, 2009) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine is hosting the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues – and they’re now available for public viewing.

 Please Don’t Touch – Unless You Want a Baby!

More than 2,000 women have reported that they became pregnant shortly after touching the [...]

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Opens 30th Attraction: In Veracruz, Mexico

 VERACRUZ, Mexico, (Dec. 30, 2009) – Shrunken heads, matchstick art and freak animals invade the city as Mexico’s third Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium opened on Sunday, Dec. 20, in the city’s Plaza Acuario.
The 10,000 square foot museum is the most interactive exhibit of the weird in the country and offers a one-of-a-kind rope [...]

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Family Dining in Great Wolf Lodge’s Life-Size Gingerbread House Raises Sweet Dough for Charity

Niagara Falls, ON– (December 22, 2009) –Hundreds of visitors to the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls have discovered a fun, new holiday tradition – enjoying  a holiday meal while seated in a life-sized gingerbread house! Sure, some people are content to build a small gingerbread house but few have had the opportunity to walk [...]

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Ripley’s Believe it or Not’s Sideshow Wonders to Entertain Times Square Visitors During the Holiday

Ripley’s Believe it or Not’s Sideshow Wonders to Entertain Times Square Visitors During the Holiday

NEW YORK CITY, (Dec. 19, 2009) – Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Times Square, where visitors go on the Ultimate Adventure, will be offering free sideshow performances in front of the Odditorium throughout the holiday season. 
From fire eating to sword swallowing to the classic Human Blockhead, performers will be performing their incredible skills daily from [...]

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Scores with Unique Tim Tebow Portrait – Made of BB’s

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Scores with Unique Tim Tebow Portrait – Made of BB’s

ORLANDO, Fla. – (Dec. 17, 2009) – He may have lost out on the Heisman Trophy, but Florida QB Tim Tebow can claim a new honor that few others can – an image of him in action will grace the walls of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum in Orlando.
Gainesville artist creates Gator QB [...]

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