Oregon

New Reports

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  Grants Pass Caveman

  Grants Pass, Oregon

  Sixteen feet tall on an eight-foot base, this noble Neanderthal has guarded Grants Pass since 1971.

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  The Oregon Vortex

  Gold Hill, Oregon

  The laws of physics routinely go haywire in America's first, and most mysterious, Mystery Spot. Open to the public since 1930.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

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  Harvey The Giant Rabbit

  Aloha, Oregon

  An old Texaco Big Friend with a rabbit head mod, an offshoot of the Muffler Men.

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  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.

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  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.

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  World's Largest Wood Airplane: The Spruce Goose

  McMinnville, Oregon

  Howard Hughes's "Spruce Goose" is so big, a special huge museum had to be built to shelter it.

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  Prehistoric Gardens

  Port Orford, Oregon

  A genuine rain forest shelters a collection of 23 primordial creature statues spread along a trail. It's been here since 1955.

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  A&W Root Beer Family

  Hillsboro, Oregon

  Dad, Mom, Teen, and Baby Burger all hold aloft giant burgers and root beer mugs. A vintage 1963 statue display, restored and embraced by its town.

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  Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey

  McMinnville, Oregon

  Watch Elvis the pet monkey cavort behind glass as you wolf down your burger and shake.

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  Nessie, the Yaquina Bay Monster

  Newport, Oregon

  Nessie, a toothy, terrifying water monster, is celebrated with a large and truly monstrous outdoor sculpture.

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  Wax Works

  Newport, Oregon

  Independent wax museum goes its own merry way with displays on D.B. Cooper, Bigfoot, and mermaid Daryl Hannah from Splash.

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  World's Smallest Park

  Portland, Oregon

  Officially designated as a city park in 1948 -- all 452 square inches of it.

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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.

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  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. Reported reopened in 2017.

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  Freedom Isn't Free Memorial

  Salem, Oregon

  A world map fountain spritzes with geopolitical flare-ups -- and Fortress America is ready to call in a fire solution on the latest trouble spot. That's what we saw, anyway.

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  Home of Bobbie the Wonder Dog

  Silverton, Oregon

  Bobbie wanted to come to Silverton so bad that he walked 2,500 miles to get there.

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  World's Largest Pig Hairball: Mount Angel Abbey Museum

  St. Benedict, Oregon

  The Mount Angel Abbey Museum exhibits, among its religious items, an 8-legged stuffed calf and other farm oddities.