McMinnville, Oregon
Third in the list of places we don't feel the need to revisit (along with La Conner and Leavenworth) comes as a surprise - the Evergreen Aviation Museum.
This was at least our 3rd visit to this museum; the first was probably in 2002. There have been a number of changes since the last time we were here. As stunning as the place is, it's becoming a little too theme-park-like for our tastes.
We didn't remember this building across the highway from the museum but it belongs to Evergreen as well.
I like the hedge across from it that spells 'Evergreen'. More attention-grabbing is the 747 (!!) on the roof of a building to the left of the aviation museum. 
It is to become the 'Wings & Waves Water Park' where people will be able to slide out of the airplane into a pool. There are plans for a resort hotel and, yes, they have vineyards too.
The 'Spruce Goose' is in this building.
New to us - we like the addition of runway numbering on the driveway up to the aviation museum.
Later additions were the IMAX theatre (above, right) and more recently the Space Museum (left, opposite aviation museum) which is housed in a building identical to the Aviation Museum. We didn't even go in the Space Museum.
On the walkway between museums are inlaid planets and information about each one.
It seems that no expense has been spared... but if you want a cup of coffee in the place before 11:00 am, you're out of luck.
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