Oregon

Top Rated Attractions

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  Oregon Vortex

  Gold Hill, Oregon

  The laws of physics routinely go haywire in what may be America's most mysterious Mystery Spot.

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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 hangar 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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  Grants Pass Caveman

  Grants Pass, Oregon

  Symbol of the local Caveman's Club, this brutish statue guards Grants Pass.

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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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  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.