by Danielle Denham | Sep 14, 2021 | Entertainment, Events, Family Fun, Featured, Festivals, Food & Drink, News, Things To Do, Weird Oregon
"Hey Napoleon, gimme some of your tots!" Did you know that the crispy, golden tater tot found its humble beginnings right here in Oregon? More on that in a moment, but first, The Tater Tot Festival! The City of Ontario, Oregon will be holding its first annual...
by Tyler James | Feb 17, 2021 | Interesting, News, Things To Do, Travel
The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs, formerly known as the Hot Lake Hotel (hit the link here to read our original extensive writeup), is once again open to the public. From the very beginning of the hotel opening, for reasons not entirely known, the building faced the bluff...
by Tyler James | Feb 13, 2021 | News
Update at 9:37 a.m. As a result of Friday night's ice storm, the roads are iced over everywhere as well as power lines and trees coming down, also being coated in ice. The Statesman Journal is reporting roughly 260,000 homes in the Willamette Valley and northwest...
by Danielle Denham | Jan 8, 2021 | Conservation, Eastern Oregon, Education, Featured, History, News, Stories
Before I had developed an interest in and explored many of Oregon's "Ghost Towns", Maxville was quite unknown to me. Located deep in Wallowa County, little is physically left of the old logging town but rich and sometimes disturbing history remains. One night I...
by Jessica Tomlinson | Mar 29, 2020 | Adventures, Camping, Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Featured, Hiking, Interesting, Photography, Photos, Southern Oregon, Travel
Vast, sweeping landscapes that take your breath away. Trails into high mountain lakes with pristine and chemically pure water. Snowy mountains reflected in icy lakes, and pillars of rock shooting up out of the earth. This is Oregon's high desert, and it's a place...