
“Old filling station a little west of Mosier, OR on the old highway. Another old gas station in Mosier Curtis Perry / Flickr Curtis Perry captured this sometime around 2006. Here’s an old gas station shot in Scotts Mill, Oregon. Chucks’s Gas Station Curtis Perry / Flickr This old building has since been demolished, in November of 2015.ġ0. Did some research and discovered that this building was the old corporate headquarters for GasCo (now Northwest Natural Gas). I absolutely love this photo of this incredible abandoned home in Astoria. This group of cyclists didn’t mind being in my shot.” “The old Mountaindale Store near Banks, Oregon. It shows someone still cares about our past.” Someone has dressed it up for the holidays, and I feel fortunate when I find these things. “One-room Mountaindale Schoolhouse near Banks, Oregon. Old schoolhouse near Banks Danielle Denham / ThePDXphotographerĪnother amazing photo from Danielle. According to the original post at, theres a sign on the door suggesting it’s been vacant since 2011. The rudder is sitting in the parking lot at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in nearby Astoria. It was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel.Īll that remains is the bow, a few ribs and, a couple of masts. It ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. The “Peter Iredale” was a sailing vessel, four-masted steel barque, of 1,993 tons registered tonnage, official number 97790, and built at Maryport, England, in 1890, and belonging to the port of Liverpool, owners P. Ghost ship on the Oregon Coast Peter Iredale / Flickr The heat seemed to add to the lonely feel of spectacular decay. There are several bygone towns along the highway. It was 103 degrees out and we were traversing the high desert, pretty close to the middle of nowhere. Orange Crush Cafe in Kent Scott Smithson / Flickr While we aren’t 100% on that, this is one of the most incredible photos I’ve seen of an abandoned building. Mike was told this may have been an old dance hall. Old dance hall in Dufur Mike Edwards Photography Mitchell School, a public school with an enrollment of about 70 students, is in Mitchell.Ģ.

The Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is about 9 miles northwest of Mitchell. It was founded in 1873 and was named after John H. The population was 130 at the 2010 census.

Mitchell is a city in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. Old grocery store in Mitchell Mike Edwards Photography If these walls could talk, what story would they tell? 1. The truth is, a lot of these places are just mysteries we know nothing about. Some of these places are slowly being reclaimed by the Earth, and some of them are just downright creepy… But nonetheless, awesome. Oregon is home to so much fascinating history, and with that there is so many awesome abandoned places to explore here.
