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[cynic] I've seen smaller [/cynic]

drezdn — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:21:20 -0800

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".

By: dg

dg — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:18:06 -0800

This is one of the (very) few things that gives me hope for the human race. Any race that can not only conceive of this, but perpetuate it, can't be all bad.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:20:40 -0800

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.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:31:59 -0800

452 square inches is about 2916 square centimeters, for those of us from countries where feet are something you stand on.

By: aiq

aiq — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:49:52 -0800

wasn't the big duck in a zippy strip recently?

By: MattS

MattS — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:02:17 -0800

Apparently on St. Patrick's day the park is used for a snail race.

By: nomisxid

nomisxid — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:10:47 -0800

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

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:12:01 -0800

Dude, how can you have a list of landmarks without mentioning the Cabazon Dinosaurs?

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:20:13 -0800

katemonkey, this landmark list is the "quirky." Agree, being they are all quirky which are why these items become landmarks.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:54:55 -0800

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.

By: theonetruebix

theonetruebix — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:47:29 -0800

For what it's worth, also in Portland is the largest wilderness park within City limits in the United States.

By: turbodog

turbodog — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:19:42 -0800

PortlandFilter: and one of only 2 cities containing an extinct volcano.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:56:26 -0800

Hey, I've been there!