Derringer's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Derringer

Husband, new father(!), gregarious globetrotter, experience-seeking adventurer, aspiring writer, amateur photographer, avid reader, perpetual Dungeon Master and pursuer of the mysterious, the unknown and the obscure in our anything-but-ordinary world.

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Cave Junction, Oregon

Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Added by Rachel Gould

Brookings, Oregon

Nobuo Fujita's Sword

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Added by Minisaurus

Friend Ghost Town

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

hcw2rp

Added by hcw2rp

Portland, Oregon

Vaux's Swifts at Chapman School

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Gold Hill, Oregon

Oregon Vortex

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Silver Lake, Oregon

Crack in the Ground

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

canuck

Added by canuck

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Old Fort Road Gravity Hill

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

okn0tok

Added by okn0tok

Hole in the Ground

Massive crater in central Oregon.

Astoria, Oregon

Goonie Trails

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Added by neonconflagrations

Sisters, Oregon

Lost Lake

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

ewayte

Added by ewayte

Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

canuck

Added by canuck

Carnation, Washington

Camlann Village

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Heather Arment

Added by Heather Arment

Tacoma, Washington

Thornewood Castle

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12