Up Close & Peculiar With The Golden Gate Bridge
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Up Close & Peculiar With The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge wowed the world in 1937, but the man behind its design was nearly erased from history.

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Ripley’s Round Trip: The Most Forbidden Places on Earth
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Emily Harriss

Ripley’s Round Trip: The Most Forbidden Places on Earth

Hop in! This week we are visiting the most forbidden places on Earth!

Not For Skeptics, The Florida Town Full Of Mediums And Spirits: Cassadaga
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Sabrina Sieck

Not For Skeptics, The Florida Town Full Of Mediums And Spirits: Cassadaga

Objects appear to materialize and fall from the ceiling!

Mexico’s Cave Of The Crystals Will Astound You
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Engrid Barnett

Mexico’s Cave Of The Crystals Will Astound You

The largest crystals in the world, some weigh in excess of 50 tons!

For 30 Years, Garfield Phones Appeared on French Beaches Without Explanation
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Engrid Barnett

For 30 Years, Garfield Phones Appeared on French Beaches Without Explanation

Hundreds of pieces of cartoon cats continue to wash up on Brittany’s beaches each year.

The Centuries-Old Italian Chapel Built Into a Sheer Cliffside
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Engrid Barnett

The Centuries-Old Italian Chapel Built Into a Sheer Cliffside

A disappearing statue inspired this impressive cliffside holy place.

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

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The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

September 12, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

Only one Major League Baseball team has never made it to the World Series: the Seattle Mariners.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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