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CL. According to several historians, the U.S. state of Oregon contains over 200 ghost towns. [1][2] Professor and historian Stephen Arndt has counted a total of 256 ghost towns in the state, some well known, others "really obscure." [3] The high number of ghost towns and former communities in the state is largely due to its frontier history and ...
The Neskowin Ghost Forest is the remnants of a Sitka spruce forest on the Oregon Coast of the United States. The stumps were likely created when an earthquake of the Cascadia subduction zone abruptly lowered the trees, that were then covered by mud from landslides or debris from a tsunami. [1] Many of the stumps are over 2,000 years old ...
The Benson Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, is reportedly haunted by its original owner Cathedral Park is said to be haunted by Thelma Taylor, a teenager who was murdered there in 1949 The Columbia Gorge Hotel is reputedly the site of paranormal activity Imbrie Farm is allegedly haunted by family members of its namesake who died there Multnomah County Poor Farm, which now operates as ...
42°29′35″N 123°05′06″W / 42.4931°N 123.0851°W / 42.4931; -123.0851. The Oregon Vortex is a roadside attraction that opened to tourists in 1930, [1] located on Sardine Creek [2] in Gold Hill, Oregon, in the United States. It consists of a number of interesting effects, which are gravity hill optical illusions, but which ...
A June 1990 aerial photo of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay (/ j ə ˈ k w ɪ n ə / yə-KWIN-ə) is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, OregonYaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km 2 (3.2 mi 2) in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted with freshwater from the Yaquina River land drainage.
The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately 362 miles (583 km) from the California state border in the south to the Columbia River in the north. The region is not a specific geological, environmental, or ...
Octopus Tree. Octopus Tree. Cape Meares, Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. Coordinates. 45°29′11″N 123°58′41″W / 45.4863°N 123.9780°W / 45.4863; -123.9780. The Octopus Tree (also known as the Candelabra Tree, Council Tree, and Monstrosity Tree) is a Sitka spruce tree on Cape Meares in Tillamook County, Oregon ...
GNIS feature ID. 2409975 [3] Website. ci.cannon-beach.or.us. Cannon Beach is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 1,690 at the 2010 census. It is a popular coastal Oregon tourist destination, famous for Haystack Rock, a 235 ft (72 m) sea stack that juts out along the coast. [6]