From Area 51 to the Vatican Archives, some places are simply off-limits to travelers.

Some believers don’t share their evidence for fear of being labeled a hoaxer.

Hardcore fans think time travel shenanigans could be at play.

Proponents lovingly referred to them as lake bacon.

If you think it’s a meager three seconds, you’ve been duped.

An expert at preserving deer, Bigfoot proved a unique challenge for this taxidermist.

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Children would decapitate dolls, even live rats, with their bladed toys.

Child-smuggling, marine negligence, arson, and possibly even murder…

The fossils were recovered from an opal mine.

The genders have swapped colors throughout history.

Believe It or Not!, just nine months after the horrific fire, the Odditorium doors opened on June 22, 1989.

The U.S. government tried to destroy a hurricane in 1947.

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