Oddities & curiosities in Louisville

Looking for oddity shops & curiosities in Louisville? These 8 are the genuinely strange ones — Unorthodox, Caufield's Novelties, Shrine of Saints Magnus and Bonosa and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Louisville they'd never find on their own.

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Unorthodox A delightfully morbid storefront on Barret Avenue where oddities, dark art, taxidermy, and bone specimens mee… Highlands / Germantown
Caufield's Novelties Operating since 1920, this historic theatrical supplier is recognizable by the 36-foot giant vampire bat moun… Downtown / West Main District
Shrine of Saints Magnus and Bonosa Inside this 1853 sanctuary lie the full skeletal remains of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs, Saint Magnus and S… Phoenix Hill / Smoketown
The Witches' Tree Standing at the corner of Central Park, this gnarled, twisted tree grew from a lightning-blasted stump follow… Old Louisville
Soul Unalome Collective Apothecary & Botanica A BIPOC- and Indigenous-owned spiritual botanica and apothecary located near Churchill Downs, specializing in… South Louisville
HH Apothecary & Co. A hybrid botanical tea room, floral design studio, and metaphysical apothecary tucked onto a quiet corner in… Clifton
Stix-N-Stonz Operating in the Douglass Loop area, this cozy shop acts as a brick-and-mortar encyclopedia of metaphysical i… Belknap / Highlands
Thomas Edison House A modest 1850s shotgun cottage where 19-year-old Thomas Edison rented a room in 1866 while working as a night… Butchertown