The COD
A Curated Daily Digest of Oddities, Curiosities & Unusual Fascinations
CURIOSITY OF THE DAY
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The COD will be off exploring the infinite abyss until October 30th. Please grave rob from our older articles until then.
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The COD will be off exploring the infinite abyss until October 30th. Please grave rob from our older articles until then. 🎃
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Potion Bottles
Unstopper some strange with these curiously unique potion bottles for whatever secret drams you want to store.
Halloween Dioramas
Check out these hauntingly clever and beautiful Halloween dioramas that somehow perfectly capture the creepy-cool of the season into a shrunken-down space.
Graveyard Dirt
Did you know you can buy graveyard dirt? Thanks to the prevalence of online shopping, you can purchase hand-collected cemetery dirt - soil ethically sourced (let’s hope) from a gravesite. Why would anyone want this? It’s actually pretty fascinating.
Fingersnails
Check out these uniquely odd Fingersnails and other curious creations by GLOOM and GORE.
Weird and Ugly
Check out these fantastically curious creations from Weird and Ugly, a Cleveland-based online home for the peculiar and expected with an equally unique backstory.
Haunted Attic: Bazaar of the Odd and Macabre
Haunted Attic Resale: Bazaar of the Odd and Macabre is an oddities and curiosities seller offering preservation services, including wet specimen pet memorials, unique shadow boxes, and curio ephemera to enhance your own personal collection of strange things.
Unique Glass Art
Discover new and unusual works in these unique glass art pieces by artists from around the world.
Ventriloquist Masks
Check out these transformative ventriloquist masks by Secrets Of, a UK-based production designer and maker of unique props, costumes, and more.
Wild Oddities by Dactyl Designed
Explore the wild oddities of Terra, the Northern California artist behind Dactyl Designed, creating whimsical and creepy sculptures handmade for curiosity collectors and art lovers alike.