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Mount Angel Abbey Museum’s collection of taxidermy features an American bison, a polar bear, deer, bighorn sheep, wolf and substantially much more. (Courtesy Mount Angel Abbey)&#13

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Lanterns float in the pond at the Lan Su Chinese Backyard in Portland. (Courtesy Vacation Oregon)&#13

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The centerpiece of the Brix Maritime Corridor at the Columbia River Maritime Museum is the 44-foot U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat revealed in motion climbing a 20-foot wave, just at the minute of a daring rescue at the mouth of the Columbia River. (Courtesy Columbia River Maritime Museum)&#13

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Skaters twirl, glide and shuffle around the ice rink at the Lloyd Middle in Northeast Portland pre-pandemic. (Courtesy Lloyd Heart)&#13