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...
You Can Still Stay Here, If You Dare At the Dawson House Lodge in Chemult, a real 1929 Oregon roadside lodge, guests have shared strange stories for decades. Some describe footsteps when no one else is in the hall, a laugh with no apparent source, or a television...
Oregon is chock-full of weird, wacky, and wonderful history, reflected in the naming of towns and locales around the state. Here are just a few funny town names in the state of Oregon: 1. Timbuktu County: Washington You may have heard of Timbuktu, a locale in Mali,...
“I was standing still for a moment, looking toward Portland,” recalled Thurston Skei, who was climbing Mount Adams just before 8 a.m. on July 2, 1939. “I saw a trail of smoke coming down through the sky. There was a bright flash at the head of the...
The next full moon occurs Thursday, Dec. 12 at 12:12 a.m. This means December’s full moon, called the Cold Moon, will hit its 100% peak on 12/12 at exactly 12:12 a.m. Twelve has significance when it comes to our relative understanding of space and time. There are 12...
