In 1948 the site that would become Mill Ends Park was intended to be the site for a light pole. When the pole failed to appear and weeds sprouted in the opening, Dick Fagan, a columnist for *[The Oregon Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/The_Oregon_Journal "The Oregon Journal")*, planted flowers in the hole and named it after his column in the paper, "Mill Ends" (a reference to leftover irregular pieces of wood at lumber mills).

Thanks Dick Fagan!

That park is shit. The one in Japan even has a bench

Leslie Knope would be proud.

Tricky stealth camp

The sign is half the park.

the gnomes are pleased with this offering.

I wanna see it at Xmas. I’ll bet it’s lit.

Some bastards destroyed the tree 😑

They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum...

Public or private?

It's a record!

Looks like a lovely spot to have an eternal campfire.