The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Oregon
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 324 roadside attractions in Oregon.
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1. Harvey The Giant Rabbit
Aloha, OR — ★ 4.0 (2 reviews)
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2. Petersen Rock Garden
Redmond, OR — ★ 4.0 (2 reviews)
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3. Octopus Tree
Cape Meares, OR
Sitka spruce distorted by Nature into a multi-trunked octo-thing.
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4. Carved Headstone
Brownsville, OR
Wood-carved headstone of a torso and head in the old 19th century Pioneer Cemetery.
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5. Kno-Tah: Giant Indian Head (Gone)
Hillsboro, OR
One of scores of different "Whispering Giant" Indian heads carved from tree trunks by artist Peter "Wolf" Toth. Removed June 15, 2017, due to wood rot.
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6. Bigfoot Holding a Beer Mug
Crescent, OR
Carved from a tree stump, the elusive forest creature looks to be about 10 feet tall. The mug is Bigfoot-scaled, and Bigfoot wears a blotto expression on his face. Stands in front of the Bigfoot Tavern.
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7. Todd Kirnan, Coffee Man
Gresham, OR
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8. 19-Foot-High Troll
Portland, OR
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9. The Faux Museum (Closed)
Portland, OR
A conceptual art museum/gallery/store billed as the oldest museum in the world, and once had a show: "Presidential Briefs: The Underwear of the Presidents."
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10. Dee Wright Observatory
Sisters, OR
A circular, open-air colonnade that offers views of the surrounding lava fields -- a blighted, rocky moonscape that NASA used in the 1960s to train its future Apollo astronauts.
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11. Large Rocking Chair
Mitchell, OR
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12. Statue of Beloved Brothel Madam
Pendleton, OR
Stella Darby was the madam of the Cozy Rooms bordello from 1928 to 1967. Her bronze statue stands outside its former entrance door.
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13. Giant Magic Mushrooms and Joint
Sutherlin, OR
Huge mushrooms and a green serpent sprout from a squat white building. In 2016 a huge marijuana cigarette was added.
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14. Bathroom Memorial (Gone)
Estacada, OR
The Dave Vail Memorial Toilet, an outdoor Park privy, was dedicated in 1986. Reported gone in June 2023.
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15. Camp 18: Food, Wood
Seaside, OR
Giant log cabin restaurant built by a local lumberman who wanted a big place to display all his logging relics. Eat surrounded by wood. Many outdoor displays in the parking lot.
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16. Paul Bunyan Sign
Elsie, OR
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17. Charlie the Tuna Statue
Charleston, OR
Everyone's favorite pre-packed tuna spokesfish, adopted as a town mascot and rendered in wood. Destroyed in 2008, replaced in 2009.
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18. Camp 18: Logging and Bigfoot Eatery
Elsie, OR
Eat in a giant log cabin while surrounded by logging tools, wood-carved statues of Bunyanesque lumberjacks, and two Bigfoots. On the desert menu: "Bigfoot Poop." Photo-ops in the parking lot.
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19. World's Largest Continual Chocolate Waterfall
Portland, OR
Twenty feet tall, and it smells delicious. The Chocolate Cascade has been gushing goodness since 1992.
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20. Haunted Pizza Parlor
Portland, OR
Built over Portland's cursed 19th century tunnels. A ghost named Nina supposedly wanders the restaurant and threatens the delicate crust-sauce-cheese balance. Her name is carved in a brick.
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21. Stark's Vacuum Museum
Portland, OR
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22. Shanghai Tunnels Tour
Portland, OR
90-minute guided tours through formerly secret tunnels underneath Portland, focusing on their role in the city's history of "shanghaiing," now called human trafficking.
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23. Mini Wild West Town in a Parking Lot
Dayville, OR
The town of Keystone Junction is in fact a small, 2-D facade set up in the parking lot of a dry goods store. Built to be a photo-op; bring props.
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24. MegaScope
Wilsonville, OR
23-foot-high microscope made of steel stands outside of the Oregon Department of Agriculture's entomology department. A nine-foot-long Megarhyssa wasp is perched on its eyepiece. Unveiled Nov. 2024.
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25. Antique Powerland
Brooks, OR
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