Powerland Heritage Park is the place to explore for your next family outing, especially if your kids (or you!) are interested in old trucks, trains, motorcycles, construction equipment, or really anything powered by an engine! The park, formerly known as Antique...
Compared with other big cities, Portland isn’t exactly known for its profusion of sports teams. Yes, we have the Trail Blazers and two big name soccer teams, the Timbers and the Thorns, but we don’t have a football team or a major league baseball team. However, the...
There are two things I’m always down for: a good museum and learning more about the best state in the union—Oregon! So it should come as no surprise that I love the Oregon Historical Society. The first time I visited this lovely and well-curated museum in the heart of...
Over the past few decades, Jacksonville, Oregon has steadily been making a name for itself as a premier destination for wine lovers. But long before this, it was one of the first gold rush towns in Oregon. When gold deposits were found in 1851 and 1852, speculators...
Since the advent of creating images with a camera and light-sensitive film, humans have had the predilection to document the beauty around them. At the turn of the 20th Century, photographers like Edward S. Curtis, Peter Britt, and Benjamin Gifford were turning their...