[cynic] I've seen smaller [/cynic]
June 27, 2004 11:21 PM Subscribe
World's smallest park Mill's End, at 452 square inches, is officially the world's smallest park, and claims to be the home of the "only leprechaun colony west of Ireland." Mill's End is among "Top 10 Quirky Landmarks".
How adorable! I wonder how many people are employed by the park ;) I'd love to visit the neon boneyard, too.
No list of quirky destinations is complete without Lucy, though. She used to be billed as "the only elephant you can walk through, and come out alive". That was just to differentiate her from all of the elephants that you could walk through and come out dead, I guess.
posted by iconomy at 3:20 AM on June 28, 2004
No list of quirky destinations is complete without Lucy, though. She used to be billed as "the only elephant you can walk through, and come out alive". That was just to differentiate her from all of the elephants that you could walk through and come out dead, I guess.
posted by iconomy at 3:20 AM on June 28, 2004
452 square inches is about 2916 square centimeters, for those of us from countries where feet are something you stand on.
posted by spazzm at 3:31 AM on June 28, 2004
posted by spazzm at 3:31 AM on June 28, 2004
Apparently on St. Patrick's day the park is used for a snail race.
posted by MattS at 8:02 AM on June 28, 2004
posted by MattS at 8:02 AM on June 28, 2004
The park has appeared on TV in an episode of Insomniac w/ Dave Attell, oh the horror, public drunkeness in a park in portland? =p
posted by nomisxid at 9:10 AM on June 28, 2004
posted by nomisxid at 9:10 AM on June 28, 2004
Dude, how can you have a list of landmarks without mentioning the Cabazon Dinosaurs?
posted by Katemonkey at 10:12 AM on June 28, 2004
posted by Katemonkey at 10:12 AM on June 28, 2004
katemonkey, this landmark list is the "quirky." Agree, being they are all quirky which are why these items become landmarks.
posted by thomcatspike at 1:20 PM on June 28, 2004
posted by thomcatspike at 1:20 PM on June 28, 2004
This is one of the (very) few things that gives me hope for the human race.
I felt the same way when I read about Tree Frog Hotels.
posted by homunculus at 1:54 PM on June 28, 2004
I felt the same way when I read about Tree Frog Hotels.
posted by homunculus at 1:54 PM on June 28, 2004
For what it's worth, also in Portland is the largest wilderness park within City limits in the United States.
posted by theonetruebix at 5:47 PM on June 28, 2004
posted by theonetruebix at 5:47 PM on June 28, 2004
PortlandFilter: and one of only 2 cities containing an extinct volcano.
posted by turbodog at 11:19 PM on June 28, 2004
posted by turbodog at 11:19 PM on June 28, 2004
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