The Odditorium at 800 Parkway, in the heart of the Strip, holds 500-plus oddities across three floors — the mop-string lamb, coffee-ground art, a Post-it-note dress, a four-horned sheep skull and a two-headed calf among the greatest hits worked room by room here. A Ripley's devotee who has toured four of the museums ranks Gatlinburg's his favorite — ahead of Orlando, St. Augustine and Branson — and Greenfoot Travels' tour shows why. Tampa Jay's first-ever entry, filmed August 2026, is the current-state record.
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3 videos · summaries from the actual guidesThe building's own odd story
The Carpetbagger tells it: the original museum was built in 1970; the 1992 fire destroyed nearly the entire collection; the museum was rebuilt, then fully refurbished in 2018. TheDailyWoo documents the brand-new remodel inside and out as it reopened — a completely different museum from its previous incarnation. The 2019 complete walkthrough, filmed the day before the SkyBridge's grand opening, preserves the fresh-remodel layout.
The exhibits
The Egyptian mummy headlines Tampa Jay's lap; bizarre art and pop-culture galleries run throughout. A 2026 retiree-paced wander (robot dog included) and a six-minute quick hit — 'this place is strange' — close the page at two other speeds.
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3 videos · summaries from the actual guidesCombo logic
Gatlinburg is Ripley's town: the Aquarium, the Haunted Adventure, Davy Crockett golf, the mountain coaster and this museum cluster within a few blocks, and the combo tickets that bundle them are the standing money advice in every Ripley film on this site. The hub page's countdown film makes the case in full.
Sources: the 8 videos on this page, filmed at Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Gatlinburg between 2018 and August 2026.
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2 videos · summaries from the actual guidesMore Gatlinburg essentials
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