Oregon

• Oregon residents own 1/4 of the country's total Llama population.

• Portland was named by a coin-flip in 1845

• We have a holiday called “Exploding Whale Day”.

• Oregon is home to the largest living organism on the planet. The honey mushroom, is a species of fungi that covers over 2300 acres.

• Oregon is home to more ghost towns than any other state.


• It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a skating rink.

• Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon.

• It’s illegal to go hunting in a cemetery.

• Lifting weights while driving on city streets is strictly prohibited by law in Oregon.

• You cannot show movies in a tavern or sell liquor in a theater unless the theater is over 300 seats.

• It’s against the law in Oregon to pump your own gas at a gas station unless you’re at a self-serve station in a rural area.

• Marion County - it is illegal to teach someone what polygamy means.

• Myrtle Creek - it is illegal to box with a kangaroo.

• Hood River - Juggling is strictly prohibited without a license.

• Marion - it’s against the law to eat a donut while walking backward.


• Crater Lake - The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

• Portland - The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium - An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

• Portland - The Witch's Castle - These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

• Warrenton - The Wreck of the Peter Iredale - 100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

• Deep in the woods near Damascus, sits the Temple of Oculus Anubis. This sinister place is shrouded in mystery and has been rumored to be a cult gathering site.