The Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill is a fun, intriguing attraction you won’t want to miss on your visit to southern Oregon. If you enjoy researching strange phenomena, the unexplained and “mystery spots” of the world, you’ve probably heard of the Oregon Vortex. The Oregon Vortex has been the site of a tourist business since 1930, and it was even featured on the X-Files TV show in 1999. Tourists, psychics and scientists are drawn to the Oregon Vortex to view phenomena it is impossible to explain. According to the tourist brochure and “believers,” a whirling mass of energy and a confluence of magnetic fields are responsible for the strange phenomena you’ll see on your tour. Non-believers “explain” the mysteries as nothing more than optical illusions and fraud. You can visit the Oregon Vortex for a firsthand experience of the phenomenon that has intrigued millions of visitors for decades. You’ll see the House of Mystery, an old mining company’s wooden shack that was built in the late 19th century - and subsequently slid off its foundation. At the House of Mystery, you’ll see the laws of physics suspended as balls roll uphill, heights inexplicably change, and other oddities occur right before your eyes.