Oregon
Find Oregon travel tips, stories, field reports and maps for unusual tourist attractions and landmarks.
Trunkations
Henry The Bear, Chick Magnet
Mitchell - Hugh Reed, the human friend of Henry the Bear, has observed a measurable difference between the way that women and men react to his 800 lb. black bruin. Full story
Videos
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Featured Attractions
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.
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Landmarks and Oddities List
Vacation Favorites
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
- Aloha: Harvey the Rabbit
- Antelope: Good Riddance Rajneesh
- Boring: Town of Boring [tips]
- Brookings: Japanese Bombed Here [tips]
- Butte Falls: Ralph Bunyan statue [Catalog of Bunyans]
- Canby: Hart's Reptile World [tips]
- Canyon City: Skulls, Freaks - Grant County Historical Museum
- Damascus: Oregon's Centennial Candle
- Estacada: Safari Club - Animals Attack! [tips]
- Florence: Sea Lion Caves [tips]
- Gold Hill: Oregon Vortex [tips]
- Grants Pass: The Caveman
- Halfway - Half.com: Town Named for a Web Site
- Juntura: Shoe Tree [tips]
- McMinnville: Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey
- McMinnville: Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - The Spruce Goose
- Medford: Black Crow [tips]
- Mitchell: Henry the Bear
- Milwaukie: B-17 Bomber gas [tips]
- Portland: Birthplace of U-Haul [tips]
- Portland: Bobbie the Wonder Dog [tips]
- Portland: Paul Bunyan statue
- Portland: Chocolate Waterfall [tips]
- Portland: Giant in a gym
- Portland: Hat Museum [tips]
- Portland: Jug-shaped Building [tips]
- Portland: Stark's Vacuum Museum
- Portland: Talking Transparent Woman [tips]
- Portland: World's Smallest Park [tips]
- Redmond: Petersen Rock Garden
- Saint Benedict: World's Largest Hairball, 8-Legged Calves [tips]
- Salem: Park with One Tree
- Silverton: Bobbie the Wonder Dog [tips]
- Turner (or Salem): Enchanted Forest [tips]
