Drivers along a quiet rural stretch north of Gresham, Oregon, often slow down when they spot it — a slender, wooden tower rising beside a long gravel driveway. About fifteen feet tall, topped with a small pitched roof and painted in neutral beige siding, the structure looks part birdhouse, part watchtower. But its real purpose is far more inventive than anyone might guess.
Locals call it the driveway periscope — a homemade solution to a common rural problem.
