This Massive Oregon Off-Road Park Has Enough Rugged Trail That No Two Rides Feel the Same
Some families have been driving to the same patch of pine forest in eastern Oregon for 25 years, and they still find trails…
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Some Oregon restaurants come and go before anyone learns the specials, but one Tigard diner has been handing out slices of pie for more than 47…
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Oregon Has a Botanical Garden Where You Walk Through the Treetops Above 17 Acres
Tucked into a quiet corner of outer Southeast Portland, there is a garden where you can stroll on a steel walkway high among towering red cedars. It began with a couple, a creek, and a property bought in 1936 for just ten…
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7 Oregon Fire Lookouts You Can Sleep in for Less Than a Cheap Motel
A roadside motel room off the interstate can easily run more than a night in a mountaintop fire lookout. Across Oregon, the U.S. Forest Service rents out old lookouts and lookout cabins through Recreation.gov, usually at modest public…
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This Quiet Oregon Coast Town Is the Perfect Escape From the Crowds
Some beach towns shout for attention with neon signs and packed parking lots. Others stay small on purpose and let the coastline do the talking. On the north Oregon coast, one tiny city has fewer residents than many high schools have…
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This Easy Oregon Boardwalk Loops Through Old-Growth Forest in Just One Flat Mile
Some of the oldest living things on the Oregon Coast sit just a short walk from Highway 101, and most drivers zoom right past them. A wooden path leaves a small parking lot, crosses a wetland and two creeks, and ends…
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This Huge Oregon Go-Kart Track Will Humble You on Every Single Turn
Some go-kart tracks are a quick loop around a parking lot. This one is not. Tucked into the woods outside Canby, Oregon, a racing complex has been handing out lessons in patience and steering since 1965, and it still does…
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This Oregon Sunstone Mine Lets You Dig Ancient Rock and Take Home Every Gem
Far out in the high desert of southeast Oregon, past the tiny town of Plush, there is a place where people pay to get dirty on purpose. They shovel, sift and squint at piles of rock for hours. Their reward…
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This Short Oregon Trail Leads You Into a Marble Cave 250 Million Years in the Making
High in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon, a short walk from a forest parking lot ends at a doorway into solid marble. Inside, the air holds steady at 44 degrees all year, bats tuck into the ceilings, and formations shaped like…
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This Free Oregon Garden Spans 80 Acres, Yet Few People Seem to Know About It
Some Oregon places stay quiet because nobody shouts about them. Tucked into the hills near Silverton, there is a spread of 80 acres split into themed gardens, wetland trails, quirky metal sculptures, and a kids' play area with its own…