Roadside attractions and oddities in Oregon
Roadside attractions and oddities in Oregon, each compiled from its own sources: where to pull over, hours, and who keeps it up. No ratings; every entry carries its status.
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- Bigfoot TrapRuch · The only bigfoot trap in the worldThe only bigfoot trap in the world, on the Collings Mountain Trail, which features spectacular views of the Siskiyou Crest and Applegate Lake.
- Enchanted ForestTurner · Theme parkA family-built storybook theme park on a wooded hill beside Interstate 5 at Turner, Oregon, begun in 1964 by Roger Tofte one bag of cement at a time.
- GlockenspielMount Angel · GlockenspielA 49-foot glockenspiel tower in downtown Mount Angel, Oregon, billed as the nation's tallest, where carved figures of the town's founders come out four times daily.
- Mill Ends ParkPortland · ParkA two-foot circle of soil in a downtown Portland traffic median, Mill Ends Park held the world's-smallest-park title for decades and, by its founder's account, houses leprechauns.
- Oregon City Municipal ElevatorOregon City · StructureOregon City's municipal elevator, a 130-foot 1955 concrete tower lifting riders from a tunnel under the railroad tracks to a bluff-top deck, platted as Elevator Street.
- Paul Bunyan StatuePortland · 31-foot-tall concrete and metal sculpture of mythical logger paul bunyanA 31-foot concrete-plaster Paul Bunyan in Portland's Kenton neighborhood, raised for Oregon's 1959 centennial and framed in the machine shop that still faces him across Denver Avenue.
- Peace Candle of the WorldScappoose · Distinctive roadside attractionA cylindrical structure approximately 50-feet tall and 18-feet in diameter, once covered with real candle wax, now painted red with a custom neon flame replica.
- Petersen Rock GardenRedmond · Rock gardenThe 91-year-old Petersen Rock Garden outside Redmond was bustling Saturday afternoon as the historic attraction reopened after an extensive renovation.
- Prehistoric GardensPort Orford · Roadside attractionA roadside park on U.S. 101 between Port Orford and Gold Beach, where 23 life-size concrete dinosaurs built by a former accountant stand in a coastal rainforest.
- The Freakybuttrue PeculiariumPortland · Museum & oddities gift shopNo jump scares; a whole host of weird, wild and goofy things, from aliens to zombies and everything in between.
- The Last BlockbusterBend · Roadside oddityThe world's last Blockbuster video store, in a Bend, Oregon, strip mall at U.S. 20 and Revere Avenue, still rents discs and displays Russell Crowe's Robin Hood hood.
- The World's Smallest HarborDepoe Bay · Smallest natural navigable harborThe City is now proud to be the 'World's Smallest Navigable Harbor'.
Roadside Attractions in all eleven states; next door in California.