Robert Ripley made his name showcasing some of nature’s strangest phenomena, from optical illusions and two-headed animals to his trees capable of growing toilet paper during homecoming games. Study mysterious streamers with this Groupon.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum

Before his death in 1949, Robert Ripley was a frequent guest at Castle Warden, a stunning hotel that stood out among St. Augustine’s architecture. Perhaps he was drawn to the building’s unique design—all wide balconies and scalloped archways—or perhaps he was intrigued by the story of Betty and Ruth, two women who perished in a fire at the hotel in 1944, but still said to be seen in its windows. Whatever the reason, Castle Warden would become part of the Ripley empire a year after Robert passed away by housing a portion of his famously odd collection.

More than 40 astonishing exhibits fill the museum’s halls, including such attractions as the world’s largest erector set Ferris wheel, shrunken heads, and a motorcycle fashioned from the bones of especially rebellious animals. Inside Pirates: Predators of the Sea, guests explore the timber-shivering world of the watery bandits with models of ships and modestly garbed skeletons.