V is for...The Vortex and Voodoo Doughnuts
The week is nearly finished, fellow A-Zers, and I'm looking forward to the weekend! Today brings us to the letter V in our month-long alphabet challenge and I love what this letter represents in Oregon. I'm actually going to go with two things today (cheater). Without further ado... The Vortex In in the hills outside of the small town of Gold Hill, just north of Medford, there is a wonderfully mysterious site for the adventurous where brooms stand on their own, things that are smaller appear larger and vice versa, and where balls roll uphill. The Oregon Vortex and House of Mystery is, essentially, a roadside attraction that is full of optical illusions which cause visitors to question the laws of physics. The proprietors proclaim that the strange occurrences are due to paranormal properties, but I'll leave that up to the individual to decide. The building on the property, a gold assaying office originally built in the early 1900s, slid o...