Haunted Places in Oregon
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Oregon has a haunted atmosphere that comes naturally, thanks to foggy coastlines, dense forests, historic towns, mountain roads, and old buildings with stories built into the walls. From lighthouses and hotels to theaters, tunnels, and roadside legends, the state is full of eerie places to explore. This guide to haunted places in Oregon covers the paranormal lore and creepy destinations that make the Pacific Northwest so good at ghost stories.
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Lady in Blue: Baker City’s Geiser Grand Hotel
Three stories of Italianate brick on a corner in eastern Oregon, topped by a clock tower and lit from inside by one of the…
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Two Fires Down: The Witch of Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery
Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery sits on a rise above a small Yamhill County town that was once the most important place in its corner of…
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1,168 Feet of Timber: The Haunted Holcomb Creek Trestle
Rural Washington County keeps one of the country’s stranger pieces of surviving infrastructure: a wooden railroad trestle more than a fifth of a mile…
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Queen of the Mines: The Haunted Geiser Grand Hotel
Two reputations run side by side inside this eastern Oregon landmark. One is documented in newspapers, postcards and the National Register: a mining-boom palace…
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Cobra Lamps and Pharaohs: The Coos Bay Egyptian Theatre
Walk south along Anderson Avenue in Coos Bay and the marquee gives it away before the architecture does: the Coos Bay Egyptian Theatre is…
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The Ball at the Curve: Croisan Creek Road in South Salem
Follow the road south out of Salem’s grid and the city thins fast: fewer streetlights, a creek running below the shoulder, oaks and firs…
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Blood Money Beneath the Sidewalks: Portland’s Shanghai Tunnels
Portland’s Shanghai Tunnels run under the older blocks of Oregon’s largest city, a patchwork of brick-lined basements, connecting passages and hatchways that once let…
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Copper Canisters and Cuckoo’s Nest: Oregon State Hospital
Few American institutions carry as much documented weight as the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon: a Kirkbride Plan asylum that has been admitting…
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Rose Perfume on the Upper Floors: Portland’s Pittock Mansion
Pittock Mansion sits a thousand feet above Portland, Oregon, a French Renaissance chateau of Tenino sandstone with the whole city laid out below it.…
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The Haunted Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon
Address: 309 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205Phone: (503) 228-2000Website: thebensonportland.comHours: Open year-round (hotel guests only beyond public areas) A Historic and Haunted Portland Icon In the heart of…
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Oregon Caves Chateau
Escape to the Enigmatic Oregon Caves Hotel: A Blend of Natural Beauty and Ghostly Whispers Nestled amidst the lush, verdant forests of Oregon, the…
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Old Town Pizza
Exploring the Haunted History of Old Town Pizza in Portland Step into the intriguing world of Old Town Pizza, a pizzeria that not only…
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Bush House Museum
A Glimpse into the Legacy of Asahel Bush II in Salem In 1850, a young and ambitious Asahel Bush II, at the age of…