This Historic Oregon Town Feels Like Stepping Into The Old West, And It’s Worth The Drive
From historic downtown streets and Oregon Trail landmarks to scenic drives, mountain adventures, and easy day trips, Baker City is one of Eastern Oregon’s best places to slow down and explore.
Danielle Denham is a writer, photographer, and devoted history buff with a soft spot for Oregon’s forgotten places. Her love of old schoolhouses, abandoned homesteads, and the lives once lived inside them has taken her down back roads across the state. She was featured on OPB’s Oregon Field Guide, exploring the historic Charles Nelson House with a former resident shortly before the home was lost to wildfire. Watch the feature.
At That Oregon Life, Danielle shares local history, good food, memorable adventures, and the quirks that make Oregon home. When she isn’t exploring, you may find her spending time in Eugene with Tyler James and his two awesome kiddos. If there’s an old building with a mysterious past along the way, consider the afternoon’s plans officially derailed.
There's a little town outside Portland called Boring, Oregon, and this Halloween, it's doing everything in its power to live up to the exact opposite of its name. Tucked away in the countryside along SE Orient Drive, Dolan Creek Farm is bringing back its Halloween...
In the terrifying moments when gunfire erupted inside a classroom at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, one educator reportedly made a split-second decision to protect a little girl in her care. According to a new report from The New York Times, 54-year-old Becky...
Walk the crater rim at Lava Butte near Bend, explore the ancient lava field, and plan your visit with clear details on summit access, fees, trails, and seasonal services.
Oregon Just Approved the Purchase of Abiqua Falls, and I Never Thought I’d See This Day I’ve hiked to Abiqua Falls for years, and I never gave much thought to who owned it. You drive deep into the woods, work your way down toward the creek, and eventually step into...
If your idea of a pumpkin patch involves quietly wandering through a field, choosing one respectable orange pumpkin, and heading home before lunch, Bauman’s is about to dramatically complicate your plans. Bauman’s Harvest Festival officially opens for the 2026 season...
I visited Kelly’s Brighton Marina last year and discovered one of the North Coast’s best hands-on getaways: camp beside Nehalem Bay, rent the crabbing gear, and have your legal Dungeness catch cooked at the marina.
There are Oregon Coast camping trips where you pull into your site, unfold a couple of chairs and spend the evening staring at the ocean. And then there are camping trips where you climb into a boat, drop crab rings into an Oregon bay, haul up dinner and return to...
Where to find Oregon’s best fall waterfall hikes in 2026, with peak-color timing, trail distance, difficulty, closure notes and the right hike for every kind of autumn day.