The Grand Praire Odditorium - Ripley's in Texas

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Komentáře • 127

  • @ToyAddict
    @ToyAddict Před 6 lety +17

    Watching from my hospital bed. Thanks for keeping me entertained!

  • @joconnor3846
    @joconnor3846 Před 6 lety +27

    It's a dead skeleton 😂😂 you crack me up

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory Před 6 lety +16

    This was the first Ripley's that I ever went in. I've always thought this was the best one maybe because of the outside. I liked the idea that there was a wax figure part as well as a laser tag part at one time. Used to have some really good vending machines and snack bar area.

  • @rockytop228
    @rockytop228 Před 6 lety +8

    Two Endings??? 🤣🤣🤣 Love the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Fun Times!

    • @larryx1707
      @larryx1707 Před 6 lety +2

      Rosey H ...hello Rosey...and happy Friday☺

  • @ph-pw8dm
    @ph-pw8dm Před 6 lety +2

    It used to be a tourist area. There used to be a drive-through safari just north of Ripley's until it got flooded in the 90's. I enjoy your videos! It's cool you're in Texas!

  • @raisingphoenix3374
    @raisingphoenix3374 Před 6 lety +7

    Ahhh so good to see and hear that intro again :-)

  • @ohmigoshness1
    @ohmigoshness1 Před 3 lety +1

    Can you imagine hating someone so much they put you in the museum lol 😆 Ripley was like GOT EMMM

  • @OmniaViridis
    @OmniaViridis Před 6 lety +4

    The scary part had me crying. I literally made the tallest friend I had go with me.

  • @honeybee1256
    @honeybee1256 Před 6 lety +4

    I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I went here for my 9th birthday

  • @poodlenme
    @poodlenme Před 6 lety +6

    I didn't know this Ripley's was there! Cool man, cool!

  • @mikegutierrez6462
    @mikegutierrez6462 Před 6 lety +4

    Welcome back to Texas man

  • @TimeBunny
    @TimeBunny Před 6 lety +3

    The London (UK) Ripleys has a mirror maze as well. I think I was in there for a good 15 minutes figuring my way out, even though it wasn’t really all that big.

  • @katychadwell3653
    @katychadwell3653 Před 6 lety +1

    I grew up in DFW and my uncle used to take my sister and me there when we were kids, back when it was mostly the Palace of Wax. Lots of fun memories! We used to call it "the Castle" because of how the building looks.

  • @DizJakeOG
    @DizJakeOG Před 6 lety +8

    Always good to see your vlogs. This is another great one. Continued success to you my friend.

  • @mst311
    @mst311 Před 6 lety +6

    3:26 is little mermaid soundtrack... disney corp. gone' freak!

  • @marigoldpippetwhistle4297

    I went there all the time when I was a kid! Really neat to see it again 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @JasM1331
    @JasM1331 Před 4 lety +1

    I came here for a field trip!
    There was a horror part In the wax museum and the teachers wouldn’t let us walk out so I just cried the entire time

  • @sarahfoley54
    @sarahfoley54 Před 6 lety

    Love that they played happy trails there.

  • @steveo6622
    @steveo6622 Před 6 lety +3

    Great vlog blog Jacob .😉. Keep up the great work my friend...

  • @unoleagotiya5583
    @unoleagotiya5583 Před 4 lety

    Thagomiser! Did I just hear a "Far Side" reference? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 Před 5 lety +1

    The last time i went to that location it was when the old wax museum was there 1984. Sadly it burned down and the current building replaced it.

  • @themichaelvortex4784
    @themichaelvortex4784 Před 6 lety +2

    Love the idea of the Tour de Ridley’s! Gotta see ‘em all! Great vid Jacob.👍🏼

  • @korg13
    @korg13 Před 6 lety +7

    how about the Church museum that was built with one redwood tree in Santa Rosa Ca.?

  • @weekendmom
    @weekendmom Před 6 lety

    Been there. My daughter was only four at the time and hated the tornado-themed part of the Odditorium.

  • @larryword4356
    @larryword4356 Před 6 lety +4

    2 endings nice

  • @jasmineidiaz
    @jasmineidiaz Před 6 lety +4

    Luv these videos!

  • @kyleshiflet7932
    @kyleshiflet7932 Před 6 lety

    Been in there 100s time love it

  • @francinescott5686
    @francinescott5686 Před 6 lety

    Have a good night Jacob. Lion is in Europe. Lol

  • @mslaerik66
    @mslaerik66 Před 6 lety +7

    sadly the one in San Fran is only about 1/3 what it used to be

  • @splinky9226
    @splinky9226 Před 4 lety +1

    5:20
    The actual story behind that goose (his name was Andy) is very sad as not only did he have to wear those shoes due to being born with no feet, but was also kidnapped and murdered by someone who to this day, has still not been caught. (They apparently have the perpetrator’s identity, but have chosen not to reveal it out of fear of causing huge publicity.)

  • @Savagemister
    @Savagemister Před 6 lety +18

    I'm watching this in Grand Prairie.

  • @pappy4075
    @pappy4075 Před 6 lety +1

    Best Ripley yet. By far

  • @AH-ew6ei
    @AH-ew6ei Před 6 lety +4

    I have an odd feeling those giant crochet lions might've started out as sweaters?....Naw, she probably just liked lions.

  • @historicroutesandwhereabou4038

    Nice as always!

  • @thekellycorner
    @thekellycorner Před 6 lety

    Love Ripleys ... Only a few more left to see... GO FOR IT!!!

  • @raimywinter2309
    @raimywinter2309 Před 6 lety +4

    Hi from TEXAS

  • @RogerinKC
    @RogerinKC Před 6 lety +9

    Wayne Harbour - Old Timey Troll

  • @kincaide67
    @kincaide67 Před 6 lety

    Right in my neck of the woods. Hope you had a great time.

  • @averimcarroll
    @averimcarroll Před 6 lety +1

    Jacob, I have gone to this Ripley’s throughout my whole life! It used to be a lot more scary. The wax museum used to have a tornado section with a baby crying in a tree.

    • @averimcarroll
      @averimcarroll Před 6 lety +1

      There also used to be a mermaid that would disappear in the Ripley’s Believe it or not, right before the room with the rice art.

    • @TheCarpetbagger
      @TheCarpetbagger  Před 6 lety +1

      Sounds wild

    • @averimcarroll
      @averimcarroll Před 6 lety +1

      I wish had a video or something, it would scare the life out of me. 😂

  • @francinescott5686
    @francinescott5686 Před 6 lety

    You never disappoint. I did come on last night!

  • @francinescott5686
    @francinescott5686 Před 6 lety

    Shoot I spend two hrs. On I4 in Orlando. Fantastic job, you never disappoint don't worry no one will kidnap them at that age!

  • @lukepate8749
    @lukepate8749 Před 6 lety

    Not to far from my neck of the woods in Mansfield,TX.Love Ripley,s.Great vid !!!!

  • @droppedelbow
    @droppedelbow Před 6 lety +2

    Little bit of info on the design of the building.
    It is based on The Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England, which was built in 1787 for the then Prince Regent (later King George IV) in the style of the Taj Mahal. It's an amazing building and well worth a visit if you ever make it to the UK. I don't live in Brighton any more but it's only a few miles down the coast, so I'll try and get you a postcard next time I see one.
    If you have a spare few seconds, it's worth having a quick Google image search for "Brighton Royal Pavilion" to compare the original to the American version. :)
    The video was excellent, as always.

  • @TNT_Mancave
    @TNT_Mancave Před 6 lety +2

    There is also a Ripleys in Branson Missouri Jacob

  • @donovanwisdom310
    @donovanwisdom310 Před 6 lety +1

    Giant Rusty Ball of Barbed Wire is the title of my autobiography.

  • @carlalorch8650
    @carlalorch8650 Před 6 lety

    The goose shoes were featured on Johnny Carson way back I think in the 80's. A guy designed them for a goose that had lost its feet to help it walk. I just saw the rerun of that show about 2 wks ago.

  • @retrob9346
    @retrob9346 Před 6 lety

    Keep up the great work Jacob

  • @catherineduarte4824
    @catherineduarte4824 Před 6 lety

    Wow that’s pretty cool I need to check it out

  • @sherrybangert3353
    @sherrybangert3353 Před 6 lety +1

    Those shoes were for Andy the goose, He was born without feet.

  • @whisperingwillow7697
    @whisperingwillow7697 Před 6 lety

    One of my favorite places as a kid but never made it past horror wax museum.

  • @erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

    Awesome Ripley's!

  • @smolfae6253
    @smolfae6253 Před 6 lety

    Okay but the Little mermaid music playing during near the shrunken head had me shook. 😂

  • @SMOKYMTNPATRIOT
    @SMOKYMTNPATRIOT Před 6 lety

    You're a man of many talents Jacob, but pinball doesn't appear to be one of them. Thanks for the tour!

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica Před 6 lety +4

    Better than The Louvre!

  • @drivewaytv4400
    @drivewaytv4400 Před 6 lety

    Cool. I live close to there. When I was a kid that place was called The wax museum and it burned down. Then it was rebuilt as the palace of wax

  • @jessicawally9388
    @jessicawally9388 Před 6 lety +1

    Hey, I've been there! Pretty neat place.

  • @thomasgrieve5762
    @thomasgrieve5762 Před 6 lety

    Congrats on 80k.

  • @jeffcombs1297
    @jeffcombs1297 Před 6 lety

    Wow, didn't know it was there

  • @bryancallahan6973
    @bryancallahan6973 Před 6 lety

    Nice one jacob

  • @jimbrentar
    @jimbrentar Před 6 lety +2

    There's a song about Grand Prairie TX written by the late great Dave Carter:
    grand prairie, texas, home on the range
    i come here for salvation but i'm just another stranger
    on a strip highway
    where nobody stops or stays
    hell-bent on revival, lookin to grow some roots
    i have mortgaged my survival for these worn out cowboy boots
    but there's just one horse in forty miles and
    he's the prized possession of the dallas zoo
    and he feels like a stranger, too
    old silver, take me ridin through the foothills of my life
    i went easy in the saddle with a lever-action rifle
    and a tin canteen
    through a field of dreams
    way out by the beltline where the armadillos play
    with the noble bootjack rabbit in the evening of the day
    oh where my brothers have you gone for
    i return to thank you for the gifts you gave
    but the field is paved
    these nights i work the graveyard at the burger king downtown
    i get off in the mornin and i lay my burden down
    at the convenience store
    where stood my old front door
    st. peter when you call me, you can find me waitin here
    beneath this sad mimosa tree with a quart of drive-thru beer
    for home is in the heartland but the heartland cannot save you
    when the heart is gone
    and home's moved on

  • @calicojo3536
    @calicojo3536 Před 4 lety +1

    All hail our lord and savior, Fur-Bearing Trout!
    3:55

  • @ashleyturner2882
    @ashleyturner2882 Před 5 lety

    i cant even comprehend how you would crochet something like that......

  • @FantasiusTriton1993
    @FantasiusTriton1993 Před 6 lety +1

    3:26 That music in the background. That's the Jig from The Little Mermaid!

  • @jordanayala6575
    @jordanayala6575 Před 6 lety

    Your in Grand Prairie awesome

  • @dansinbodyexperience
    @dansinbodyexperience Před 6 lety

    Your going to do all the believe it or nots? ,Ripley would be proud.

  • @monroycarlos312
    @monroycarlos312 Před 5 lety

    Awesome!!!

  • @yeraditvillanueva9759
    @yeraditvillanueva9759 Před 4 lety +1

    I went there for a fieldtrip on C.I.S

  • @externalisopod3877
    @externalisopod3877 Před 5 lety

    That was the first ripleys I've been to

  • @silverbatwing
    @silverbatwing Před 6 lety

    The Wildwood New Jersey one is only a mirror maze I think...I go to a tattoo convention every year there but I’ve never been to that ripleys

  • @ddoxiloscient
    @ddoxiloscient Před 6 lety

    Awesome i was wondering when you would reach Texas.

  • @vernharris500
    @vernharris500 Před 6 lety

    You should take a look at the Lindbergh house in Little Falls Minnesota

  • @AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979

    +The Carpetbagger it would be so cool if u do plan to visit the Ripley's in Baltimore, I'm only maybe 30 minutes away from Baltimore and yet I've never visited it. I'd like to meet u if possible if u do visit there.👍

  • @DavesRelaxationStation
    @DavesRelaxationStation Před 6 lety +1

    I haven't been there since it caught on fire years ago , and I only live 30 min from there.

  • @skull330
    @skull330 Před 6 lety

    My comment is officially
    IN THE BAG.

  • @breezyhardin1827
    @breezyhardin1827 Před 3 lety

    I just don't understand how this guy doesn't have 1mil yet.....😒💯

  • @jordanayala6575
    @jordanayala6575 Před 6 lety

    I love there

  • @sandramcglinchey7712
    @sandramcglinchey7712 Před 4 lety

    Hey In 2020 there was a two headed cow on line there are pictures!

  • @tomcaldwell5750
    @tomcaldwell5750 Před 6 lety

    Vary cool!

  • @brendablystone5115
    @brendablystone5115 Před 6 lety +3

    🆒 video

  • @jordanayala6575
    @jordanayala6575 Před 6 lety +1

    I live there would love to see you

  • @Cleo_Lynx
    @Cleo_Lynx Před 6 lety

    There’s also one in Branson MO

  • @francinescott5686
    @francinescott5686 Před 6 lety

    Love u Anna

  • @terrellanthony710
    @terrellanthony710 Před 6 lety

    Awe man you should have recorded the scary part of the building.

  • @mudinmyeye2881
    @mudinmyeye2881 Před 6 lety +1

    Dude!! I'm in the town of grand prairie arlington area

  • @mcwatersd
    @mcwatersd Před 6 lety

    Saw tge Ripleys in Niagrafalls kind of turned me off. Didnt find it very good was a disappointment. The ones you take us to seem so much better. Great video. Keep Safe❤ Keep Well❤

  • @garbage854
    @garbage854 Před 6 lety

    Cool :)

  • @jordanayala6575
    @jordanayala6575 Před 6 lety

    Did you go to the wax museum that’s there I loved it

  • @francinescott5686
    @francinescott5686 Před 6 lety

    Hey you two

  • @OmniaViridis
    @OmniaViridis Před 6 lety

    OMG! I live in Fort worth

  • @andrewturner2226
    @andrewturner2226 Před 6 lety

    Have you been to the one in Ocean City, Maryland?

  • @tomklock568
    @tomklock568 Před 6 lety

    Funny, the only one I have been to is the one in San Francisco.

  • @deegriminger3387
    @deegriminger3387 Před 5 lety

    Been there

  • @lelebenware
    @lelebenware Před 6 lety

    Just down the road at the ford dealership there was amusement / water park. I remember it as Boardwalk fun park it had a huge pirate ship right off the highway. Here is a link that explains why the museum is in just a odd place.
    www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Boardwalk%20Fun%20Park

  • @ZulhelmiSamsuri
    @ZulhelmiSamsuri Před 6 lety

    can you check out the wild venus flytrap forest in Wilmington, North Carolina

  • @Quacking-Goose
    @Quacking-Goose Před 6 lety

    You can't eat very large lobster, as they grow/age their shell gets thicker. They are essentially immortal

    • @scottbartlett2087
      @scottbartlett2087 Před 6 lety

      No, just means ya need a bigger hammer to crack them open, lol. (However, I have heard the bigger the lobster, the less succulent the meat becomes.)

  • @ehrldawg
    @ehrldawg Před 6 lety

    I thought you went to Baltimore !!

  • @katestrello1971
    @katestrello1971 Před 6 lety

    San Antonio has a Ripleys believe it or not

  • @madwaxsculptor
    @madwaxsculptor Před 6 lety

    I hope you stopped by to Say Hi to Jay Lenno !!

  • @francinescott5686
    @francinescott5686 Před 6 lety

    Shorts, are you coming down?

  • @davencarrie01
    @davencarrie01 Před 6 lety

    There is a Ripley's museum in Branson Missouri. Doesn't look like you have been there!!