Tourism opportunities before and after OPLSS
In Portland
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General
- Morris Dancing
- Morris Dancing
- Hike/Ride the 4T Trail
- Visit the world's largest bookstore
- Hike the country's largest urban wooded park (In the TV show Grimm, scenes taking place in isolated forest were shot is Forest Park because it is a short walk from downtown Portland.)
- Hike the world's smallest park (aka the largest leprechaun colony west of Ireland)
- Canoe the country's largest urban protected wetlands
- Skate the Northwest's primier skatepark
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Dance
in the Crystal Ballroom
on a cloud
The Crystal Ballroom was built during WWI. When my mom was a teenager in WWII, this was the most happenin' place in Portland. The dance floor is cantilevered (thought to be the only one in the US), so my mom says, "It's like dancing on a cloud." During the 1970's, it was closed down for featuring subversive rock-and-roll music, and people forgot about it. It was used as a warehouse for 30 years until McMenamins did some research and found out that the dance floor was still intact, so it reopened for the 21st century. - Take a walking tour of Portland's public art (poster of Portland's mayor giving the tour) or Portland's Fountains
- See the longest running drag show on the West Coast
- Rent a bike and go zoobombing, do a naked bike ride, or use mass transit to visit other attractions in Portland
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Festivals
- Rose Festival
- Pedalpalooza!
- HAREFEST Nostalgic Music Festival
- Cathedral Park Jazz Festival (For fans of The Librarians , the door to the library annex is in Cathedral Park)
- Northwest String Summit
- Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival
- Annual Buddhist Festival in the Park
- Portland Scandinavian Midsummer Festival
- Portland LGBTQ Pride Festival
- Oregon Renaissance Faire
- Arts
In Eugene
- Morris Dancing
- Oregon Bach Festival
- Eugene Pro Rodeo
- Oregon Country Fair
- Skate the largest covered skate park in the US
- Hiking and Park Maps