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Bigfoot, Aliens, Bug Food Thrive In The Peculiarium
Portland - Would you rather eat ice cream that's been sprinkled with dead bugs, or have a photo of yourself being disemboweled by aliens? At the Peculiarium in Portland, Oregon, you can have both. Full story

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Kidd's Toy Museum
Portland, Oregon
Frank Kidd's 10,000-plus collection of banks and toys that date to the mid-1800s. Not for the easily-offended.
Bobbie the Wonder Dog
Silverton, Oregon
Bobbie wanted to come to Silverton so bad that he walked 2,500 miles to get there.
Jetliner Home in the Woods
Hillsboro, Oregon
For over a dozen years Bruce Campbell has been slowly transforming a jet airliner, dragged to a wooded hilltop, into a home for himself.
Human Skulls, Freak Calves - Grant County Historical Museum
Canyon City, Oregon
Among its many exhibits are three two-headed calves and the skulls of the first two men hanged in Grant County.
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - The Spruce Goose
McMinnville, Oregon
Howard Hughes's wooden plane is so big, a special hanger had to be built to shelter it.
Stark's Vacuum Museum
Portland, Oregon
Vacuum cleaner technology has changed little in 80 years, as this collection of sucking workhorses proves.
Prehistoric Gardens
Port Orford, Oregon
A genuine rain forest shelters a collection of primordial creatures.
The Caveman
Grant's Pass, Oregon
Symbol of the Caveman's Club, this brutish statue guards Grants Pass.
Petersen Rock Garden
Redmond, Oregon
The late Mr. Petersen paid homage to his new adopted country -- America -- with feverish folk constructions of stone and glass.
Oregon Vortex
Gold Hill, Oregon
America's premier "mystery spot" has been open to the public since 1930. What causes its mysterious goings-on? No one knows.