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Feejee Mermaids

Podcast: International Cryptozoology Museum

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team November 24, 2021

Permanently Closed

A two-headed chicken at the Wondertorium.

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Mr. Marvel's Wondertorium

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Cryptozoology & Paranomal Museum in Littleton.

Littleton, North Carolina

Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The Buckhorn Saloon and Museum.

San Antonio, Texas

Buckhorn Saloon and Museum

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Mermaids?

feejee mermaids

7 Places to See Real Life Mermaids

For centuries, the idea that mermaids exist has captured the imagination of both sailors and landlubbers.

Eric Grundhauser June 3, 2015

Medical Ed. Photo by Annetta Black

Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Fujinomiya, Japan

Tenshou-Kyousha Shrine Mermaid Mummy

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: Fiji Mermaid

Annetta Black May 16, 2013

Banff Merman

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Close-up of the face of the Feejee Mermaid

Grafton, Vermont

The Nature Museum Feejee Mermaid

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

Museum of the Weird

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

International Cryptozoology Museum

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Shrunken heads. Photo by Annetta Black

Notes From the Field: Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Annetta Black November 11, 2009