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Space Farms Zoo and Museum

Space Farms Zoo and Museum

The stuffed carcass of the World's Largest Bear is one of the treasures to be examined at a free museum of oddities, many of them in jars. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Goliath the Bear

The stuffed carcass of Goliath the bear is in the Behemoths section of the Roadside Pet Cemetery. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Space Farms

While you can look at the oddities upstairs for free, there's an admission charged for going out into the barns to see the animals and other odd displays (such as the big eagle from NY's Grand Central Station). I've never seen such a collection of unrelated odd lots, often labeled "very old" (DUH!) or "been here since 1967.

There are coffins in one barn, haphazardly stored from the late 1800s. The loved one was laid out over an ice compartment to keep him or her from smelling during the wake. There are barns of old cars that you've never seen before and more rusty old farm equipment that old man Space seems to be hoarding. Yes, Freddy Space certainly qualified as a "hoarder," who apparently couldn't bear to throw anything out.

The cast iron eagle was featured on PBS "History Detectives" -- they verified it was one of several from the Grand Central Station roof. [patri, 03/13/2010]