Sightseeing
Local GemNewport Visitor Information Center
FreeThe official visitor center for Newport, Oregon, on the central Oregon coast.
Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
AttractionsQuirky FunFamily Favorite
Mariner Square
Mariner Square is an attraction in Newport, OR, part of the Eugene, Cascades & Coast guide. Cost: under $25.
250 SW Bay Blvd · Newport, OR
Why you should go…
Mariner Square is a bayfront attraction complex at 250 SW Bay Boulevard on Newport, Oregon's Historic Bayfront. It historically housed three attractions together, Oregon Undersea Gardens, Ripley's Believe It or Not! and The Wax Works, also known as Louis Tussaud's Waxworks. Oregon Undersea Gardens closed permanently and the Wax Works has since closed as well, leaving Ripley's Believe It or Not! operating at the address today.
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