Hidden in the dense woods of Washington state are the remains of a once booming logging town that have since deteriorated to moss-covered ruins that now look like they could be equally at home in a horror movie or a fantasy movie.
Located between the mysterious Mima Mounds and the Cedar Creek Correctional Center, all that's left of the former logging boom town of Bordeaux are a few crumbling concrete foundations, a smokestack (which you can climb into if you're feeling adventurous), and a vault. But once upon a time, the site was home to multiple buildings and services, seeming like the foundation of a town that could never simply disappear.
In its prime, Bordeaux was a thriving town which shipped cedar and fir trees from the Capital Forest to the East Coast for ship masts, and north to Seattle and Tacoma for home construction. It survived for about 60 years, and died when the saw mill shut down in the mid-20th century, as the cedar that had sustained the town dried up. Once the supply of wood dried up, the residents packed up their things and hit the road for greener pastures (so to speak). The structures they had built to sustain the town were simply left in place.
The railroad tracks that kept the town alive were covered in pavement soon after, and became what is now Bordeaux Road. The remains of the old town are still there, slowly being overgrown by the rampant foliage and deteriorating into the forest floor. However this same entropy that is slowly consuming the ruins makes the sight of old Bordeaux much more beautiful than when it was inhabited.