Robert Ripley was raised a Baptist, and among his early “believe it or not” panels is an ode to the Church of One Tree. His Believe It or Not empire earned national recognition from the chain ...

Stanford University houses what may be the world's largest online collection of tobacco advertisements - over 62,000 scans ...

Robert Ripley made a name for himself by asserting truth in the unbelievable. An icon for all things bizarre, Ripley aroused curiosity in American audiences by providing them with strange facts ...

In December 1918, sports writer and cartoonist Robert Ripley was struggling to find some content for his column in the New York Globe. So he compiled and illustrated some of the quirkiest sports ...