Customers will find all sorts of oddities at Denver’s ‘The Terrorium Shop,’ including “preserved mini-worlds,” made of everything from animal bones, preserved reptiles, and pinned insects.
The shelves of the shop are lined with a combination of living flora and preserved bones, blending life and death into one piece of art.
Located in Denver, The Terrorium Shop is billed as Colorado’s oldest oddity shop. The business blossomed after owner Amber Hage-Ali gave her partner Ian Johnson one of her “terrariums,” a glass vessel showcasing a skull with living plants. According to Atlas Obscura, Johnson pushed Hage-ali to share it with the world. They combined their skills (Johnson was a taxidermist) and began selling the peculiar creations at markets…