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PETERSEN ROCK GARDEN, BELOVED CENTRAL OREGON ATTRACTION, IS FOR SALE


Updated: Jun. 09, 2022, 2:32 p.m. | Published: Jun. 09, 2022, 11:16 a.m.

The Petersen Rock Garden is one of Oregon's best-loved roadside attractions,
started in 1935 as a pet project of Danish immigrant Rasmus Petersen, who
constructed intricate sculptures out of locally-sources rocks and shells.Jamie
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One of central Oregon’s most beloved roadside attractions is up for sale.

Petersen Rock Garden, a collection of detailed structures created from and
decorated with local rocks and shells, is in search of new ownership, as the
family who has owned it for generations is looking to move on.



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