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All the United States Washington Colfax

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Colfax

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Colfax, Washington

Updated August 15, 2019

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St. Ignatius Hospital

Colfax, Washington

St. Ignatius Hospital

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.
The Codger Pole.

Colfax, Washington

The Codger Pole

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.
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Garfield, Washington

Elberton Ghost Town

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.
9 miles from Colfax
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The Junk Castle

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.
10 miles from Colfax

Pullman, Washington

Farr Cemetery

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.
13 miles from Colfax
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