Bigfoot, aliens and synchronized swimming all in one venue.

Several news sites state that the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium in Northwest Portland opened in April 2011. I had to reread that several times. I’ve been to The Peculiarium a few times now, most recently for “Palindromania,” and prefer to believe the museum’s official history:

“Famed and yet unknown Portland adventurer Conrad Talmadge Elwood had a dream, but forgot it when he woke up. Still he spent a life time traveling the globe in search of the inexplicable and the freaky. Established in 1967 . . .” Continue reading →