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The world is a weird and wonderful place and contains many bizarre sights and attractions to visit.
Here we feature the Museum of the Bizarre in Wilmington, North Carolina, with its many odd exhibits, an unusual airship mounted on top of a Prague museum, knitted animals and other shapes in an Irish wood, the largest prawn in the world and an unusual zodiac mosaic in an ancient synagogue in Israel.
Museum of the Bizarre - 201 S Water St., Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Visitors are greeted by a life-size Pinhead on entering the museum, which was created when curator Justin LaNasa got married and need to find a place to store his many macabre oddities. There’s also a life-size Freddy to take selfies with, a crystal skull, Harry Houdini’s Ouija board, a 150-year-old witch’s cauldron and a two-headed calf among other fascinating and bizarre objects. Their slogan is “Of course it’s real,” but there are some questionable objects too.
Gulliver Airship - 1 Poupětova, Prague, Czech Republic
The Gulliver Airship looks like it crash landed on top of a Prague museum. It looks precariously perched across two buildings. However the airship, constructed of wood and steel, is not really an airship at all. It’s a space for reading books or discussing literature and was built by the DOX museum to encourage people to think critically about social issues. The airship measures almost 140 ft in length and adds a contrast to the museum building below.
Diamond Jubilee Wood - Slaughterford Road, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
The Diamond Jubilee Wood was created to commemorate the 2012 Royal Diamond Jubilee, when Queen Elizabeth reached her 60th year on the throne. The area was picked due to its connection to World War I, as it was used as a military aviation facility from 1915 to 1917. Besides the 60,000 trees that were planted, other things are sprouting up all over the wood as it turned into a “Woollen Wood” where the community displays their craft.
Ballina Big Prawn - 507 River St., West Ballina, Australia
The “World’s Largest Artificial Prawn” stands almost 30 feet in height and weighs almost 40 tons. It was constructed in 2013 on the main highway through the town to promote the local prawning industry. When a bypass was constructed to reroute traffic, the Ballina council wanted to demolish the prawn. However, public outcry and one private investor came to the rescue. The crustacean received a brand-new coat of paint and was moved a short distance down the road.
Zodiac Mosaic of Hammat Tiberias - Hamat Tiberias National Park, Tiberias, Israel
This ancient synagogue is now an archaeological site on the Sea of Galilee, close to modern seaside resorts and a water park. Little remains of the 4th-century synagogue, except a surprising mosaic featuring a Torah ark and ceremonial memorahs. Most of the writing is in Greek. However, what is surprising is a zodiac wheel with pagan images, including naked humans and Helios, the Greek sun god. Women are featured in each of the four seasons, which bear a Hebrew inscription.
