Engrid Barnett

Engrid Barnett

Engrid is an award-winning travel writer and cultural geographer who’s long cultivated an obsession with cryptids, vintage tattoos, roadside attractions, and abandoned places. Her public descent into the weird began in 2017 after signing on with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! A longtime fan of Robert Ripley’s cartoons and quirky trivia, she relishes sorting fact from fiction and feeling mind boggled every step of the way. You can also catch her work in Wild West, Rova, Nevada Magazine, American Trails Magazine and more.

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Rediscovering The Earth's Most Enormous Bee
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Rediscovering The Earth's Most Enormous Bee

Buzzing out of "extinction."

Russia’s 28-million-liter Fruit Juice Flash Flood
Places
Engrid Barnett

Russia’s 28-million-liter Fruit Juice Flash Flood

The streets ran pink with delicious fruity flavors…

Life Among the Little People of Dwarf Empire
People
Engrid Barnett

Life Among the Little People of Dwarf Empire

You must be 4 feet 3 inches or shorter to work here…

From Maury Island to Burien: Washington’s UFO Craze Continues
Places
Engrid Barnett

From Maury Island to Burien: Washington’s UFO Craze Continues

One man’s UFO sighting is another man’s block party…

Debunking the Image of the Ninja
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

Debunking the Image of the Ninja

Ninja stealth meant blending in, not wearing black pajamas.

Got Milk? Dressing In Dairy Does The Body Good!
Food
Engrid Barnett

Got Milk? Dressing In Dairy Does The Body Good!

Would you wear clothes made out of milk?

Why Are Painted Cars Sprouting Out of Nevada's Desert Sands?
Art & Fashion
Engrid Barnett

Why Are Painted Cars Sprouting Out of Nevada's Desert Sands?

The International Car Forest of the Last Church sits on 40 isolated acres in Southern Nevada.

The Mysterious, Intrepid Aloha Wanderwell
People
Engrid Barnett

The Mysterious, Intrepid Aloha Wanderwell

The first woman to circumnavigate the globe by car, Aloha greased the differential on her Model T with crushed bananas…

5 Weird Americanisms and Their Origins
People
Engrid Barnett

5 Weird Americanisms and Their Origins

Where does riding shotgun come from?

Vegas’s Neon Museum: Stray Cat Paradise?
Places
Engrid Barnett

Vegas’s Neon Museum: Stray Cat Paradise?

Even cats become famous in Vegas…

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, just in case we ever find life on other plants.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!