Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium

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The Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco has reopened at Fisherman's Wharf after a $5 million renovation.

A figure of Grace McDaniels, who once complained about a publicist calling her "the ugliest woman in the world," is shown on display at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco. McDaniels, who was billed in sideshows as "the mule-faced woman," had numerous marriage proposals. She eventually accepted one and had a normal son who grew up to become her manager.

"Goliath," the world's largest sea lion sits among a number of exhibits at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco.

A sculpture of musician Jerry Garcia that is made out of chicken wire is shown on display next to a wedding dress made from toilet paper at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco.

Romulo Camacho applies finishing touches on an exhibit featuring the car that the late Buck Helm was in when it was crushed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco.

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Tim O'Brien makes his way through a human kaleidoscope at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco. The Fisherman's Wharf attraction since 1967 is reopening after undergoing a renovation that took several months, cost $5 million and houses 300 exhibits of which 80% are new.

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