Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

In America, the national parks are practically sacred ground, featuring majestic mountains

and geysers that shoot water sky high.

They stand as reminders of our past, hope for the future, and monuments to our restraint.

FDR said it best when he said, the parks stand as the outward symbol of the great human

principle.

And people seem to agree, given their 330 million annual visits.

But all parks are as awe-inspiring as Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon though.

But that doesn't mean they aren't just as special.

Local parks provide places for people to play, relax, walk our dogs, or exhaust the kids

before nap time.

The local park is a little taste of nature at the end of the block.

There's one park in Portland, Oregon that's just such a destination.

Featuring lush greenery in the center of the city's downtown area, the park has a bit

of a storied past.

According to Dick Fagan, a columnist for the Oregon Journal newspaper in 1948, the park

started life as a plot of land across the street from his office.

One day, according to him, while looking out his office window, he noticed something going

on.

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