25th Apr 2016

Portland Oregon Museums

Portland Oregon Museums For all it’s quirkiness, Portland has a number of good museums for history and art. It also has a number of “Keep Portland Weird” type museums. Either...

01st Dec 2014
Collier Logging Museum

Collier Logging Museum at Collier Memorial State Park

I have probably passed the Collier Logging Museum at Collier Memorial State Park well over a hundred times in my life without ever stopping there. It was during a trip...

30th Nov 2014
Corona New Mexico

Corona New Mexico, ghost town

Post has been moved to my new blog!! : Visit Corona on the Ghost Town Map

11th Jan 2014
Donald Manson Barn

Ghost town of Champoeg Oregon (Encampment du Sable, Newellsville)

Name: Champoeg (Encampment du Sable) Class: G2 GPS: 45.255503, -122.900554 Directions: Champoeg (pronounced sham-POO-ee) is the birthplace of Oregon, and it can be argued the Western United States. It was...

17th Mar 2013

Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation and Museum

Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation and Museum As part of their goal to preserve the City of Portland’s historic steam engines, The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation opened up a new museum...

22nd Oct 2012

USS Hornet Museum at Alameda Naval Air Station

USS Hornet Museum at Alameda Naval Air Station One of the smartest things the US Navy has done is to release decommissioned Naval Ships into continued service as Museums. But...

20th Feb 2012

Antique Powerland Annual Steam-Up

Antique Powerland Annual Steam-Up Antique Powerland is one of the Portland Area’s real hidden gem museums. Even though it’s been around since the 1970’s, I didn’t find out about it...

12th Oct 2009

Cottage Grove Museums

Cottage Grove Museums The city of Cottage Grove in the gorgeous Willamette Valley of Oregon is typical of the middle of Oregon. It’s a small, quiet, yet extremely historic town....