Weird outdoor & roadside things to do in Portland

Looking for weird outdoor & roadside oddities in Portland? These 6 are the genuinely strange ones — Mill Ends Park, Paul Bunyan Statue, Shanghai Tunnels Underground Tour (Old Town Pizza & Brewing) and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Portland they'd never find on their own.

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Mill Ends Park A single tree in a 452-square-inch hole in a highway median — planted in 1948 by Oregon Journal columnist Dic… Downtown Portland
Paul Bunyan Statue A 31-foot concrete-and-metal Paul Bunyan has loomed over this North Portland corner since 1959, built for Ore… Kenton, North Portland
Shanghai Tunnels Underground Tour (Old Town Pizza & Brewing) Order a slice in the old 1880 Merchant Hotel lobby, then descend into 14,000+ square feet of brick basement c… Old Town Chinatown
Enchanted Forest One man, Roger Tofte, bought 20 acres in 1964 and built this fairy-tale park by hand, nights and weekends, mi… Turner, near Salem
Kvinneakt This bronze abstract nude by Seattle sculptor Norman Taylor was picked from over 500 competition entries for… Downtown Portland Transit Mall
Portland Troll Bridge (Ole Bolle Trestle) An old wooden railroad trestle (the McNamee trestle) off Hwy 30 whose underside has been colonized for years… Burlington / NW McNamee Rd (near Sauvie Island)