Oregon Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Oregon. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports. City roadtrip recommendations: Portland
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Albany: Big Miner and Burro
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Albany: Big Possum
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Albany: Cafe Teen Burger
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Albany: Carousel With Mythical Creatures
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Albany: Foam Volcano Home
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Alfalfa: Shoe Tree
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Aloha: Harvey The Giant Rabbit
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Antelope: Good Riddance Rajneesh Mini-Memorial
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Applegate: World's Only Bigfoot Trap
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Ashland: America's First Elizabethan Theatre
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Ashland: Art Under the Bridge
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Ashland: Fizzy Lithia Water Fountain
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Ashland: Great Loop Golden Spike Spot
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Astoria: 18-Foot-Tall Toth Indian Head
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Astoria: Astoria Column
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Astoria: Cenotaph of Chief Comcomly
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Astoria: Columbia River Maritime Museum
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Astoria: Food Truck in a Boat
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Astoria: Goonies Movie Locations and Museum
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Astoria: Site of First Cable Television
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Aurora: Grove of the States
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Baker City: Boy and the Boot
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Baker City: Broken Mystery Windmill
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Baker City: Chinese Graveyard
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Baker City: World's Largest Map of the Oregon Trail
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Bandon: Washed Ashore Ocean Trash Art
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Bend: Arnold Ice Caves
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Bend: Boyd Cave: Staircase into the Sagebrush
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Bend: High Desert Museum
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Bend: Last Blockbuster Store
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Bend: Lava River Cave: Lava Tube
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Bend: Shoe Tree
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Bend: Shoe Tree Formerly in Redmond
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Bly: Japanese Bombed Here
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Boardman: Tugboat On Land
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Bonanza: Bigfoot on a Riverbank
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Boring: North American Bigfoot Center
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Boring: Town of Boring
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Boyer: Paranormal Activity
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Brookings: Japanese Bombed Here
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Brookings: Samurai Sword of Pilot Who Bombed Oregon
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Brooks: Antique Powerland
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Brownsville: Carved Headstone
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Brownsville: Living Rock Studio Museum
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Brownsville: Stand By Me Festival and Filming Locations
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Burns: Large Ball of String
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Burns: Turtle Rock or Frog Rock
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Butte Falls: Statue of Paul Bunyan's Little Brother
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Canby: Vietnam Era Statue and Helicopter
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Cannon Beach: Haystack Rock
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Canyon City: Human Skulls, Freak Calves - Grant County Historical Museum
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Canyonville: Eagle Nabs Fish
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Canyonville: Stump with a Roof
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Cape Meares: Octopus Tree
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Cascade Locks: Bonneville Lock and Dam: Fish Ladders
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Cascade Locks: Sacajawea as Graphic Novel Babe
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Cascade Locks: Train Appreciation Park
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Cave Junction: Great Cats World Park
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Cave Junction: Out 'N' About Tree House Resort
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Cave Junction: Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum
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Central Point: Big Logger Twins
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Charleston: Charlie the Tuna Statue
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Chiloquin: Collier State Park Logging Museum
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Chiloquin: World's Longest Miniature Railroad
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Christmas Valley: Crack in the Ground
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Corbett: Vista House - The Western Statue of Liberty
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Crater Lake National Park: Crater Lake
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Crescent: Angry Bear with Fish
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Crescent: Bigfoot Holding a Beer Mug
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Crescent: The Mohawk: Stuffed Animals
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Crescent: Two-Faced Lumberjack
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Dale: 45th Parallel Marker
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Damascus: Carver Cafe from Twilight
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Damascus: Oregon's Centennial Candle
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Dayville: Mini Wild West Town in a Parking Lot
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Depoe Bay: Whale, Sea Life, and Shark Museum
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Depoe Bay: World's Smallest Harbor
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Dexter: Animal House Roadhouse
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Diamond: Peter French's Round Barn
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Elsie: Camp 18: Logging and Bigfoot Eatery
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Elsie: Paul Bunyan Sign
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Eugene: Duck-Head Mascot Statue
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Eugene: Scale Model of the Solar System
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Eugene: Sit with Rosa Parks
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Eugene: Willamette Meteorite Replica
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Fairview: World's Largest Fork
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Florence: Carnivorous Plants
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Florence: Sea Lion Caves
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Forest Grove: World's Tallest Barber Shop Pole
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Fort Rock: Fort Rock
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Foster: Short Bridge: Fake Ghost Town
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Garibaldi: Cellphone Booth
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Gaston: Tree to Tree Aerial Adventure Course
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Gladstone: Restored Flying A Gas Station
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Gold Beach: Hermit Feud Murder Weapon
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Gold Beach: Salmon Fisherman Statue
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Gold Beach: Wreck of the Mary D. Hume
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Gold Hill: The Oregon Vortex
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Government Camp: Fearsome Bear Made of Metal Disks
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Government Camp: Movie Hotel from The Shining
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Grants Pass: Bear Hotel: Quirky Art Exhibits
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Grants Pass: Grants Pass Caveman
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Grants Pass: Little Bros Cavemen
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Gresham: Todd Kirnan, Coffee Man
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Halfway: Town Named for a Website
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Hammond: Military Batteries
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Hammond: Peter Iredale, the Tourist-Friendly Shipwreck
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Heppner: Two-Headed Goat
- Hillsboro: Civic Pride Burger Family
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Hillsboro: Jetliner Home in the Woods
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Hillsboro: Roloff Farms from Little People Big World
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Hood River: Mikey's Muffler Sculptures
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Jacksonville: Bozo the Clown's Childhood Home
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Jacksonville: Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Movie Location
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John Day: Chinese Healing Man
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Junction City: Crashed Plane With Surfboard Wing
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Juntura: Shoe Tree
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Keizer: 45th Parallel Marker
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Kerby: Burl Gallery Named It's A Burl
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Klamath Falls: Favell Museum - Arrowheads, Miniature Arms
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Klamath Falls: Japanese Balloon Bomb Victim Graves
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Lakeview: Old Perpetual: Man-Made Geyser
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Lakeview: Tall Cowboy
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Lebanon: Fork in the Road
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Lincoln City: Abraham Lincoln Reads on a Horse
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Lincoln City: Dragon: Sparky the Wish Guardian
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Lincoln City: Korean Wishing Totems
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Lincoln City: Statue of Joe the Sea Lion
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Lincoln City: Surfer Dude, Former Viking
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Lincoln City: The D River - Shortest in the World
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Lostibe: Blue Banana
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Madras: Erickson Aircraft Collection
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McMinnville: Ben Franklin on a Bench
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McMinnville: Erratic Rock Park
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McMinnville: Spruce Goose and Space Museum
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Medford: Big Goofy Black Bird
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Milwaukie: Statue of Liberty Replica
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Mitchell: Large Rocking Chair
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Mitchell: Shoe Tree
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Mount Angel: The Glockenspiel
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Mount Hood Parkdale: First Artificial Insemination of a Turkey
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Myrtle Point: Muffler Man
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Newport: America's Only Riverboat B&B
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Newport: Aquarium Village
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Newport: Giant Orca - Killer Whale Statue
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Newport: Nessie: the Yaquina Bay Monster
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Newport: Wax Works
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North Bend: Piranha and Random Wood Sculptures
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O'Brien: Giant Fly
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Oakridge: Roadside Natural Hot Tubs
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Oregon City: End of The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
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Oregon City: Only Vertical Street in North America
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Otter Rock: Devil's Punchbowl
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Pendleton: Cattle Drive
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Pendleton: Fake Elk and Black Bear With Cubs
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Pendleton: Frankentank
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Pendleton: Star Spangled Banner Machine
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Pendleton: Statue of Beloved Brothel Madam
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Pendleton: Underground Tour
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Phoenix: Big Box of Doughnuts
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Port Orford: Cape Blanco: Westernmost Point
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Port Orford: Prehistoric Gardens
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Portland: "Retail" Birthplace of U-Haul
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Portland: 10-Foot-Tall Gnome
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Portland: 1939 Signal Tower Gas Station
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Portland: 31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan
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Portland: Adidas Big Shoes
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Portland: Art Deco 4449 Steam Locomotive
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Portland: Chinatown Gate
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Portland: Freakybuttrue Peculiarium
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Portland: Giant Roof Carrot
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Portland: Grave of Bobbie the Wonder Dog
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Portland: Haunted Pizza Parlor
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Portland: Hippo Hardware
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Portland: Joan of Arc
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Portland: Jug-Shaped Building
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Portland: Kidd's Toy Museum
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Portland: Mike's Museum of Motion Picture History
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Portland: Museum of Odd History
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Portland: National Hat Museum
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Portland: Ned Flanders Bridge
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Portland: Paxton Gate Portland
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Portland: Pod
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Portland: Portland Dog Bowl
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Portland: Portland Police Museum
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Portland: Portlandia - 2nd Largest Hammered Copper Statue
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Portland: Protein Sculpture
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Portland: Ribsy, Romona - Children's Book Characters
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Portland: Rimsky-Korsacoffee House
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Portland: Salmon Swimming Through Building
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Portland: Shanghai Tunnels Tour
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Portland: Sleep in an Elementary School
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Portland: Stark's Vacuum Museum
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Portland: Statue of the Hilarious Bulldog
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Portland: Talking Transparent Woman
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Portland: The Franz Loaf - Big Illuminated Bread
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Portland: The Grotto: Catholic Cliff Shrines and Gardens
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Portland: Tiny Horse Project
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Portland: Troll Bridge
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Portland: Volcano in City Limits
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Portland: Voodoo Doughnuts
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Portland: Weather Machine
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Portland: World's Largest Continual Chocolate Waterfall
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Portland: World's Smallest Park
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Portland: Wrong Value of Pi
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Portland: Zoobomb Bikers Monument
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Portland: Zymoglyphic Museum
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Prineville: Torpedo Mini-Muffler Car
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Redmond: Petersen Rock Garden
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Rockaway Beach: Ride the Pronto Pup, Rooftop Mega-Pup
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Rogue River: Batman, Formerly a Tree
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Rogue River: Rooster Crow Contest
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Rogue River: Wooden Rooster
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Roseburg: Rusty Metal Dinosaurs and Bigfoot
- Roseburg: World's Largest Nutcracker
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Salem: A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
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Salem: Cuckoo's Nest Mental Hospital Museum
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Salem: Eco Earth, Globe of Acid
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Salem: Enchanted Forest
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Salem: Freedom Isn't Free Memorial
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Salem: Golden Lumberjack - Superhero of Oregon
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Salem: Grave of the Wonder Cow
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Salem: Oregon State Hospital Cremains Memorial
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Salem: Park With One Tree
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Sandy: World's Tallest Topiary Bear
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Scappoose: Peace Candle of the World
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Seaside: Camp 18: Food, Wood
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Seaside: Lewis & Clark Salt Works
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Seaside: Lewis and Clark End of the Trail
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Seaside: World's Largest Sitka Spruce Stump
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Shaniko: 45th Parallel Marker
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Shaniko: Ghost Town That Couldn't Be Bought
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Silver Lake: Cowboy Dinner Tree
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Silverton: 10 Waterfalls - Walk Behind One
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Silverton: 45th Parallel Sign
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Silverton: Home of Bobbie the Wonder Dog
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Sisters: Dee Wright Observatory
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Springfield: Giant Ken Kesey Mural
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Springfield: Juanita, Front Yard Bigfoot
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Springfield: Simpsons Murals and Hometown Tour
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St. Benedict: World's Largest Pig Hairball: Mount Angel Abbey Museum
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St. Helens: Halloweentown - Movie Location
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Sumpter: The Sumpter Dredge
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Sutherlin: Giant Magic Mushrooms and Joint
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Talent: Memorial to Dead Skateboarders
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The Dalles: National Neon Sign Museum
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The Dalles: Pulpit Rock
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Tillamook: Air Museum - World's Largest Wooden Structure
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Tillamook: Cow Bench
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Tillamook: Memorial to a Surveyor
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Tillamook: Pioneer Museum: Taxidermy Room
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Tillamook: Tillamook Cheese Factory: Free Cheese
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Troutdale: Jerry Garcia Tree Sculpture
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Tualatin: Spinning Globe 65th Meridian Monument
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Tumalo: Shoe Tree
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Umatilla: Large John Wayne Figure
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Umatilla: Metal Men on a Roof
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Vale: Bates Motel
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Warrenton: Japanese Attacked Here
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Warrenton: Oregon Shelled By The Japanese
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Willamette: Monument to Willamette Meteorite: USA's Largest
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Willamina: Tim Tharp Yard Art
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Wilsonville: Statue of Gentle Ben
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Winchester: Winchester Fish Ladder
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Winston: Wildlife Safari
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Yachats: Bazalgette the Spewing Whale
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Yachats: Blowholes and Whales Along 804 Trail
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Bandon: Giant Green Space Alien
- Beaverton: Large Homemade Dog Statue
- Bend: The Fun Farm (formerly The Funny Farm)
- Brookings: 1,400 Teapots
- Camas Valley: Chalet Doll Museum
- Canby: Hart's Reptile World
- Cape Meares: Mechanical Milk Cow
- Chiloquin: Thunderbeast Park
- Estacada: Bathroom Memorial
- Estacada: Safari Club - Animals Attack!
- Eugene: BMW Isetta Collection
- Eugene: The Pioneer Mother
- Eugene: World's Largest Rubber Band Ball
- Fruitdale: Muffler Man
- Gold Beach: Sheriff John's Classic Car and Doll Museum
- Grants Pass: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan
- Hebo: Big Fishing Pole
- Hillsboro: Kno-Tah: Giant Indian Head
- Jacksonville: Floor of 120,000 Pennies
- Lincoln City: Pixieland
- Madras: Shoe Tree
- McMinnville: Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey
- Milwaukie: World War II Bomber Gas Station
- Mitchell: Henry the Bear
- Newport: Undersea Gardens
- Oakridge: Muffler Man
- Portland: 24 Hour Church of Elvis
- Portland: 3D Center of Art & Photography
- Portland: Big George the Muffler Man
- Portland: Der Rheinlander German-Themed Restaurant
- Portland: Giant in a Gym
- Portland: Museum of Modern Materialism
- Portland: Octopus Barber Shop
- Portland: Old West Town in a Cow Dairy
- Portland: Santaland Monorail
- Portland: Talking Tree
- Portland: The Faux Museum
- Seaside: Three Bigfoot Statues
- Shaniko: Shoe Tree
- Springfield: City Seal From Sewer Trash
- St. Helens: Mount St. Helens Erupting Fountain
- Sweet Home: Museum of Things Found by Metal Detectors
- The Dalles: Muffmobile
- Toledo: Mona Lisa on Hillside
- Wilsonville: World of Speed
- Winston: Noah's Ark Restaurant and Biblical Tabernacle
- Wolf Creek: Spider Cars - VW Bug