If you watched "Wild Wild Country," the Netflix documentary about the tumultuous 1980s events that resulted from the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's decision to make the U.S. his home, you probably marveled at how the guru's followers transformed a remote, 65,000-acre Oregon ranch into a small city, building residences and meeting halls, a dam and an airport.

The ambitious commune collapsed amid murder plots, a poisoning attack, political intimidation and illegal wiretaps, and the city-in-the-making was abandoned. What became of it? Below, photographs taken in 2011 by The Oregonian tell the story.

First, we'll show you a few photos that indicate the way it was when the Rajneeshees were on the ascendant in Oregon. In the early 1980s, the group sought to turn a large, empty ranch property into a thriving city for thousands of people.

Along with building hundreds of small houses, the Rajneeshees created an ambitious farm system on the property. They were determined to make their eastern Oregon paradise self-sustaining.

In this photo, Rajneeshee workers in the early 1980s tend a twin dove logo that was planted on the face of a dam the commune had built.

Bracketed by his security detail, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh drives past waiting disciples at the former ranch, which had been transformed into Rajneeshpuram.

The main intersection of the sprawling property in eastern Oregon used to buzz with activity as followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh strived to transform the former ranch into a community dedicated to their spiritual leader. Here it is in 2011, more than 25 years later.

The guru's followers built an airport so that the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh could easily fly into and out of the remote commune on his Air Rajneesh plane.

By 2011, much of the former Rajneesh property had fallen into disrepair. Here, an abandoned airport building suffers from damage and neglect. More than two decades after the Rajneeshees left the area, most of what they had built was rotting or had disappeared.

Two runners jog the runway that still exists, built to support the aircraft of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

A bus stop sign remains on the route that was part of the mass transit system in the Rajneesh community.

A few traces, like a fire hydrant in the desert, remain to identify the property as once being the Rajneesh paradise.

The garage buildings where the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's fleet of Rolls Royces were kept.

Debris and water fill a pool on the hillside behind the remains of the home of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

A large dining hall where hundreds of Rajneeshees gathered sits abandoned, windows broken.

A small sticker is one of the only identifiers that indicate who used an abandoned dining hall.

At some point state health inspectors visited this now-abandoned building that used to be a Rajneeshee dining hall.

In 2011, a water tower that once sported a Rajneesh sign welcomes visitors to the Young Life camp for high-school and middle-school kids.

A concrete platform and filled outline of a swimming pool are all that remain of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's home.

The building that was home to the guru's powerful personal secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, became a meeting space for the Young Life camp.

A huge gathering hall where the faithful gathered to celebrate Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was sectioned off for various athletic and recreational uses for the Young Life camp that took over part of the former commune.

A broken electrical fixture is evidence that the empty countryside at the ranch once had lighting.

A concrete platform is all that remains of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's former home.

Faithful followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh used to walk these roadways, dressed in shades of red.

Concrete steps on the ranch now lead nowhere.

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The Netflix documentary covers a lot of ground, but even with some seven hours of programming it can't tell the entire story. Read The Oregonian's 20-part series on the Rajneeshees in Oregon.

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