Happy Halloween: Wacky Freaks At The Historical Ripley's In St. Augustine

 (actual shrunken head at Ripley's) Click on the head for more freaks! lol

On May 21st, I posted this bizarre travelogue on my website Travelsphere and it received an amazing response. Due to my schedule, I haven't been able to update the site, however I did want to share my trip to Ripley's in St. Augustine and the bizarre items I captured on film.

Robert Ripley was an eccentric man and an avid traveler. He took the world by storm visiting far off lands and unblemished territories and cultures. Places like India and the Orient were unconventional areas for the American traveler during the 19th century, however Ripley's obsession drove him to these areas to study the local customs and speak with people in the area.

Cooler Pacific Ocean Affected Medieval Europe, North America

Using cores of fossil coral from the Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, Burgman and a team used reconstructed sea surface temperatures from the period 1320 to 1462 to simulate medieval climate conditions with a state-of-the-art climate model. When the differences between medieval and modern climate simulations were compared with paleo-records like tree-rings and sediment cores from around the globe, the authors found remarkable agreement.