Exploring Oregon’s Strange and Adored Enchanted Forest

2026-10-20 20:03

From blog Atomic Redhead

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Exploring Oregon’s Strange and Adored Enchanted Forest

Sitting just off Oregon’s Interstate 5 rests one of its most magical places, Enchanted Forest, a 20 acre theme park, owned by the same family that built it 55 years ago. I grew up going to Enchanted Forest, and it wasn’t until shortly before moving to California that I really began to appreciate it. Unlike many amusement parks built by a large corporation, Enchanted Forest was hand built one bag of concrete at a time by one man and his family, Roger Tofte. Roger was always passionate about art, and apprenticed at a jewelry store doing watch repair. Eventually he started working at the Oregon State Highway Department as a draftsman,...

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