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Weird Oregon: Your Travel Guide to Oregon's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

Weird Travel Guides series

The Pacific Northwest teems with colorful history and unique legends—and this tour of the Beaver State is no exception! Check out the gas station restroom that looks like cowboy boots as you search the skies for a man flying across the state in a lawn chair tethered to helium balloons. And how about visiting that "city" in eastern Oregon with a year-round population of zero to two, depending on whether anyone gets trapped in the snow? Can it get any weirder than this!

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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