Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

We know it by heart.

The iconic lines and songs live inside of us and connect us back to a time when our

wildest dreams live just over the rainbow.

We scowl at the wicked witch as she threatens Dorothy and her little dog, too.

We chuckle as the munchkins push each other out of the way to introduce themselves to their

young savior.

And we smile as the scarecrow dances his way off his perch and onto the yellow brick road.

While it's become a beloved part of cinematic history today, the film carries behind it a

legacy of conflict, injuries, and ballooning budgets.

It only pulled in $3 million during its box office run in 1939.

Well behind a little film you might have heard of, called Gone with the Wind, which was

reported to have grossed almost $200 million by the time it left theaters.

But after the success of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hollywood saw

fantasy as the next big thing.

MGM pulled out all the stops for its adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel and put Judy Garland,

one of the brightest stars, front and center, surrounded by a who's who of talent, Margaret

Hamilton as the wicked witch of the West, Roger Bulger as the scarecrow, and character

actor Frank Morgan as the wizard himself.

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