Oregon
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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.
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
Harvey The Giant Rabbit
Aloha, Oregon
An old Texaco Big Friend with a rabbit head mod, an offshoot of the Muffler Men.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nessie, the Yaquina Bay Monster
Newport, Oregon
Nessie, a toothy, terrifying water monster, is celebrated with a large and truly monstrous outdoor sculpture.
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.
World's Smallest Park
Portland, Oregon
Officially designated as a city park in 1948 -- all 452 square inches of it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- Aloha: Harvey The Giant Rabbit
- Applegate: World's Only Bigfoot Trap [tips]
- Bend: High Desert Museum [tips]
- Bend: Boyd Cave: Staircase into the Sagebrush
- Brownsville: Living Rock Studio Museum [tips]
- Burns: Large Ball of String [tips]
- Canyon City: Human Skulls, Freak Calves - Grant County Historical Museum
- Cave Junction: Out 'N' About Tree House Resort [tips]
- Chiloquin: World's Longest Miniature Railroad [tips]
- Christmas Valley: Crack in the Ground [tips]
- Crater Lake National Park: Crater Lake
- Crescent: The Mohawk: Stuffed Animals [tips]
- Florence: Sea Lion Caves [tips]
- Gold Hill: The Oregon Vortex
- Grants Pass: Grants Pass Caveman
- Grants Pass: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan [tips]
- Grants Pass: Bear Hotel: Quirky Art Exhibits [tips]
- Gresham: Todd Kirnan, Coffee Man
- Hammond: Peter Iredale, the Tourist-Friendly Shipwreck [tips]
- Hillsboro: A&W Root Beer Family
- Hillsboro: Jetliner Home in the Woods
- Kerby: Burl Gallery Named It's A Burl [tips]
- Lincoln City: Dragon: Sparky the Wish Guardian [tips]
- Lincoln City: Anchor Inn - Photo Ops, Attacking Octopus [tips]
- McMinnville: World's Largest Wood Airplane: The Spruce Goose
- McMinnville: Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey
- Medford: Big Goofy Black Bird [tips]
- Myrtle Point: Muffler Man [tips]
- Newport: Nessie, the Yaquina Bay Monster
- Newport: Wax Works
- Pendleton: Statue of Beloved Brothel Madam [tips]
- Port Orford: Prehistoric Gardens
- Portland: 31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan [tips]
- Portland: World's Smallest Park
- Portland: Kidd's Toy Museum
- Portland: Rimsky-Korsacoffee House [tips]
- Portland: Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum [tips]
- Portland: The Grotto: Catholic Cliff Shrines and Gardens [tips]
- Redmond: Petersen Rock Garden
- Salem: Enchanted Forest [tips]
- Salem: Freedom Isn't Free Memorial
- Salem: Cuckoo's Nest Mental Hospital Museum [tips]
- Salem: Oregon State Hospital Cremains Memorial [tips]
- Scappoose: Peace Candle of the World [tips]
- Silverton: Home of Bobbie the Wonder Dog
- St. Benedict: World's Largest Pig Hairball: Mount Angel Abbey Museum
- Sumpter: The Sumpter Dredge [tips]
- Sutherlin: Giant Magic Mushrooms and Joint [tips]
- Tillamook: Air Museum - World's Largest Wooden Structure [tips]
- Troutdale: Jerry Garcia Tree Sculpture [tips]