Summer evenings in Southern Oregon have a way of slowing everything down. The sun hangs a little longer over the surrounding hills, the air finally cools after a hot afternoon, and people start looking for somewhere they can relax without feeling rushed. At Pheasant...
An Oregon Coast restaurant known for steaming bowls of clam chowder recently carried a substantial taste of the Pacific Northwest all the way to the nation’s capital. Mo’s Seafood & Chowder was invited to participate in a Taste of America gathering in Washington,...
Rainy afternoons, neighborhood strolls, and a stop for something sweet feel like a natural part of life in Portland. In a city where people care deeply about good food and local businesses, there's one bakery on Southeast Division Street that's become a destination...
Ghostly voices echoing through abandoned tunnels, Sasquatch sightings, glowing orbs, and dark histories make these trails just as eerie as they are beautiful. The Pacific Northwest has a way of making even familiar trails feel mysterious. Maybe it's the fog drifting...
The scent of damp earth lingers beneath towering evergreens as winding paths disappear into gardens, wetlands, and groves of trees. Birds chatter overhead. A light breeze moves through the branches. Around nearly every bend, something new waits to be discovered. For...
For most of us, Oregon exists as a collection of familiar things. Highways winding toward the coast. Farm fields stretching across the Willamette Valley. Neighborhood streets in Portland. Tiny eastern high desert towns. Fences separating properties. Addresses stamped...
At first glance, it almost looks like a photograph taken by someone who never made it home. A red hatchback, mid-1970s Ford Pinto Runabout sits motionless on a lonely dirt road deep in the forests surrounding Mount St. Helens. A black dirt bike is strapped to the back...
On the morning of May 18, 1980, the Pacific Northwest woke up expecting another uneasy spring day beneath the shadow of a restless volcano. For weeks, Mount St. Helens had been grumbling. Earthquakes rattled nearby communities. Steam bursts shot from the summit....
Only in Oregon can you road trip from Boring to Drain, make a detour through Idiotville, and somehow end up in a place called Riddle before sunset. If you’ve spent enough time exploring the Beaver State, you already know Oregon has a personality all its own. We’ve got...
Few photographers captured the raw emotion of the Great Depression quite like Dorothea Lange. Armed with a camera and an unshakable sense of compassion, Lange traveled across the American West documenting the lives of struggling families during one of the hardest...
There’s something wonderfully strange waiting on Newport’s historic bayfront, and it's not Ripley's. Between the salt air, barking sea lions, and fishing boats rolling in with the tide, you’ll find a shop that feels less like a coastal boutique and more like stepping...
There are places in Oregon where history whispers instead of shouts. No crowds. No big signs demanding your attention. Just a narrow trail winding through towering trees, the soft hush of wind through redwoods, and the quiet understanding that something extraordinary...