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Surrounded by the same stately trees for which it was named, The Oaks, in Portland, Oregon in 2005 will celebrate its 100th consecutive year of operation, making it one of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in America. Built by the Oregon Water Power and Navigation Company, the park opened its gates on May 30, 1905 to Portlanders who arrived by foot and on horseback, in automobiles and by boat from the Willamette River. In keeping with the design of other "Trolley Parks" across the country, most of its visitors disembarked from trolley cars which ran along the Portland-to-Oregon City tracks forming the eastern boundary of the park. Oregon > Portland > Attractions

Create wonderful memories with your children (or grandchildren) while stretching their minds and imaginations! Travel up a familiar riverfront. Excavate a construction site, build, dig and signal to your friends. Kids can do all this and more in Build, Climb and Construct! This exhibit updates the popular Have a Ball, Construct, and Vroom Room areas, and simulates a bustling riverfront complete with construction site and city scenes. The redesigned area is rich with play spaces and materials: Kids can dig and burrow in the dig pit; build imaginative structures using pipes, blocks and pegboards, experiment with air and velocity using imaginative air tubes and conveyor belts, and explore nooks and crannies filled with surprises like mirrors, magnets and hidden tunnels. Oregon > Portland > Attractions

The 3D Center of Art and Photography, a non-profit museum/gallery, features the best in antique and contemporary 3D imagery. The Center houses everything from antique stereocards to View Master, contemporary 3D photography, lenticulars, anaglyphs, and computer generated 3D art. Oregon > Portland > Attractions

Founded in 1944, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is a world-class tourist attraction and educational resource that puts the "WOW!" in science for the kid in each of us. Five exhibit halls and eight science labs offer 219,000 square feet of brain-powered fun through hundreds of interactive exhibits and hands-on demonstrations. OMSI's multi-attraction complex features a big screen theater, the Northwest's largest planetarium, and the USS Blueback, the last fast-attack, diesel-powered submarine built by the U.S. Navy. Oregon > Portland > Attractions

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We invite you to see Oregon Undersea Gardens. There you can learn about marine life in its natural habitat, watch different kinds of undersea animals and just have a great fun! Probably, you've heard about Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Visiting this exhibit won't leave you bored. You'll see an exciting collection of treasures from all over the world. Don't miss The Wax Works Exhibit; there you will meet Marilyn Monroe and other famous creatures. We welcome you to our beautiful town and to the most popular in Newport Mariner Square. Oregon > Newport > Attractions

Founded in 1983 as the non-profit Portland Carousel Museum, the International Museum of Carousel Art has been the dream and passion of Oregon residents Duane and Carol Perron. Starting in the mid 1970's with Carol's love of animals and wish to have "just one carousel horse", the Perron's have built a small private collection into the largest, most comprehensive collection of carousels and carousel art in the world. The Perron Family Collection now numbers in the hundreds of carousel animals, rare artifacts, and more than a dozen complete carousels. If you ask the Perron's "why carousels?", they would tell you how the carvers put magic into each carousel animal. A little of that magic is shared with each person who admires them and each child, of any age, who rides on them. Oregon > Hood River > Attractions

At the beginning of new season, Theatre West can look back at the previous season with pride. From new productions to revivals of beloved favorites, the stage was filled with great entertainment throughout the year. Theatre West provides its members and the community-at-large opportunities to act in our productions, work behind the scenes on sets, costumes, sound, stage set-up and in publicity, as well as greeting our audiences at our performances. There is always room for someone new to join our thespian circle - perhaps you? Welcome to Theatre West of Lincoln City. We hope you enjoy our performances and that you will consider becoming a member of our Theatre. Please plan to join us at future productions and come to know the magic that is theatre. Oregon > Bend > Attractions

You can see what is going on at the aquarium anytime night or day. Visit with some super-cool sharks, watch rays glide by, or experience the graceful movements of the Oregon Moon Jelly ... right from the comfort of your chair. The Aquarium is home to several species of fish, sharks, birds, jellies and marine mammals. For example, the Aquarium is home to four species of Oregon seabirds and one shore bird species. While these species maintain robust populations of the Oregon coast, they are seldom seen. Seabirds live on the open sea except during the breeding season, when they come to remote rookeries for a brief summer season. The black oystercatcher, a shore bird, keeps to remote rocky beaches where human contact is rare. Oregon > Newport > Attractions

In 2001, through a cooperative arrangement with the Kirlin Foundation and Southern Oregon University, ScienceWorks began leasing the 26,000 square foot building previously occupied by the Pacific Northwest Museum of Natural History. Founders Sharon and John Javna and Dave and Marge Bernard brought life and vitality back into the long-closed structure, and returning the museum building back to puclic use. Throughout 2002, a small museum staff and more than one hundred volunteers retrofitted the building, built exhibits and began implementation of the strategic plan. Now our mission is to inspire wonder and stimulate exploration of the world around us through fun interactive science. Oregon > Ashland > Attractions

Have you ever climbed the stairs of a lighthouse? Looked down from its summit? Wondered what it was like to be a lighthouse keeper? Viewed a working lens? We invite you to visit Yaquina Head Lighthouse, where these questions and more will be answered, as you tour this historic structure. The visit of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse will be unforgettable for you, we promise! Oregon > Newport > Attractions