[FairOpinion]

I happened to see that on TV not long ago.

It looks pretty amazing.

But I think $2M is still a bit steep.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

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[Mr. K]

2 million? she's crazy

[LRS]

Sounds like it would be the perfect place for Oregon's 1st Gay Wedding Chapel...

[zygoat]

I once knew a woman with a mysterious vortex.

[The Great RJ]

Had a place like this in the Black Hills of South Dakota--called Cosmos. A noted tourist trap from at least the 1940's. Don't think it's still in operation, but there's always Wall Drug--the ultimate tourist stop in the stste.

[RonHolzwarth]

I'm pretty sure I was there as a kid, in summer 1966.

It was either this EXACT SAME PLACE, or another one EXACTLY like it, somewhere between Grant's Pass, Oregon, and Crescent City, California. We saw the sign, and stopped.

The place we stopped at was called: "Uncanny Canyon". We kids talked about it, for hours and hours, on our long car trip back home to Kansas.

Since then, I have seen other, very similar sites. All had one thing in common: they never did build the buildings with walls that were straight. Always, they were built at a slant. And the floors weren't level, either.

I will never forget my experience at "Uncanny Canyon".

HOWEVER, we were herded through like cattle, and not allowed to really examine the "evidence" closely, nor to go back through again, unless we paid again, for another one way guided tour, with a slick talking tour guide.

It was fascinating, though. Obviously, for me to have remembered it so well after all these years!

We took some pictures, but I am not sure where they are today.

I would have been much more convinced, if they had built the building we were herded through on the straight and level, instead of all at crazy angles.

But, it was fun to believe that something strange was going on. What we really were paying for, was for the fun and excitement of seeing something that we could not explain.

I could go on and on about it, but you know, the other places that have been built so as to closely resemble the "strange effects" at "Uncanny Canyon" have me CONVINCED that we were fooled, but I'm not sure how.

Gimme a break, I was only 12!

[RonHolzwarth]

OH! I just checked! Gold Hill, OR, is indeed - on the road between Grant's Pass, OR, and Crescent City, CA!

So, yup indeed, it was called "Uncanny Canyon", in 1966!

But now, they have changed the name to:

"House of Mystery, at the Oregon Vortex".

A fool is born every minute.

There was one built at "Worlds of Fun", in Kansas City, Missouri, in case you don't care to travel quite so far west,,,

Also, I believe there is another in Branson, Missouri, and I am sure there are many, many more,,,

[RonHolzwarth]

For those of you who want to visit a site such as this, but do not have the time or the money for an extended car trip, I have made a quick net search, to find one near you!

But, I may have made a mistake, and visited a DIFFERENT one in Oregon, as a kid! Like I said, gimme a break, I was only 12!

I am sure there are many, many more!

Notice how many "just happen" to be inside amusement parks!

Quite a coincidence, huh?

1. AZ / Coconino Co.
Rose Point
Sedona, AZ

2. CA / Mendocino Co.
Confusion Hill - Gravity House
75001 N. Hwy. 101
Piercy, CA 95587

3. CA / Los Angeles Co.
Gravity Grade
address ?
Pomona, CA ?

4. CA / Orange Co.
Haunted Shack - Knott's Berry Farm
8039 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park, CA 90620

5. CA / Sonoma Co.
Magnetic Hill
? Lichau Rd.
Petaluma, CA

6. CA / San Bernardino Co.
Mystery Shack - Calico Ghost Town
36600 Ghost Town Rd.
Yermo, CA 92398

7. CA / Santa Cruz Co.
Mystery Spot
465 Mystery Spot Rd., off 1953 Branciforte Dr.
Santa Cruz, CA 95063

8. CANADA / New Brunswick
Magnetic Hill
TCH Route 2
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada E1C 532

9. FL / Polk Co.
Spook Hill
? N. Wales Dr.
Lake Wales, FL 33859

10. FL / Saint Johns Co.
Mystery Spot
address ?
St. Augustine, FL

11. MI / Lenawee Co.
Mystery Hill
7611 U.S. Hwy. 12
Irish Hill, MI 49265

12. MI / Mackinac Co.
Mystery Spot
150 Martin Lake Rd.
St. Ignace, MI 49781

13. MN / Crow Wing Co.
Magnetic Mine Shack - Paul Bunyan Amusement Center
1900 Fairview Rd.
Brainerd, MN 56401

14. MO / Taney Co.
Grandfather's Mansion - Silver Dollar City
1940 State Hwy. 248
Branson, MO 65616

15. NC / Watauga Co.
Mystery Hill
Route 1, Box 278
Blowing Rock, NC 28605

16. NC / Haywood Co.
Mystery Shack - Ghost Town of the Sky
Hwy. 19, Box 369
Maggie Valley, NC 28751

17. NH / Grafton Co.
Mysterious Tuttle House - Clark's Trading Post
Route 3, Box 1
North Woodstock, NH 03262

18. NJ / Bergen Co.
site name ?
address ?
Franklin Lakes, NJ 08105 ?

19. OH / Ottawa Co.
Mystery Hill
8232 Harbor Rd.
Marblehead, OH 43440


#20 IS FOR SALE!!!
$2,000,000

20. OR / Jackson Co.
Vortex - House of Mystery
4303 Sardine Creek Rd.
Gold Hill, OR 97525

WHOOPS!
I may have made a MISTAKE!!!
#21 is perhaps the following is the one I saw as a kid!!!

21. OR / Klamath Co.
Uncanny Canyon
address ?
Crater Lake, OR 97604

22. OR / Coos Co.
site name ?
address ?
Coquille, OR 97423

23. PA / Westmoreland Co.
Confusion Hill - Idlewild Park
Route 30, Darlington Rd.
Ligonier, PA 15658

24. SD / Pennington Co.
Cosmos of the Black Hills
3616 W. Main St.
Rapid City, SD 57702

25. SD / ? Co.
site name ?
address ?
city/state/zip code ?

26. TX / Tarrant Co.
Casa Magnetica - Six Flags Over Texas (Park)
2201 Road to Six Flags
Arlington, TX 76014

27. TN / Sevier Co.
Mystery Hill
Dudley Creek Rd. and U.S. Hwy. 441
Gatlinburg, TN 37738

28. UT / Salt Lake Co.
site name ?
address ?
Salt Lake City, UT 84101 ?

29. WI / Sauk Co.
Wonder Spot
Hwy. 12, Exit 92
Lake Delton, WI 53940

30. WY / Teton Co.
Teton Mystery (Spot)
South Hwy. 89, Box 1412
Jackson, WY 83001