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Pixieland and Oregon's midcentury culture

February 20, 2026·12 min·1 clip

People who remember Oregon in 1967 look back on a sort of Edenic place, paid for by a booming timber industry.

This episode tells the story of Pixieland, a short-lived, wildly ambitious theme park built on the Oregon coast in 1969 that aimed to be a 'fairy tale story of Oregon'. The narrative explores the park's origins in a popular family restaurant, its unique, kitschy design funded by local business sponsorships, its practical struggles with weather and economics, and its eventual demise as a symbol of a fading midcentury Oregon culture built on timber prosperity.

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