Ghost towns of Altamont, Leland, and the Grave Creek Covered Bridge Sunny Valley, about fifteen miles north of Grants Pass, Oregon along I-5 is perhaps one of Oregon’s most historic,...
“Hidden” Multnomah Falls During the winter, or periods of heavy rain, a second falls shows up at Multnomah Falls. In this case, higher elevations of the Columbia River Gorge had...
Portland Rose Festival Ships One of Portland’s longest traditions is the annual Rose Festival. And one of the Rose Festival’s longest traditions is the arrival of the Fleet. These days...
Aurora Colony sits about 20 miles south of Portland Oregon. Created in 1856 by Wilhelm Keil and his followers, the town has changed from Religious Colony (and dropped the name,)...
Late Fall Sunrise This was taken from Portland’s Tom McCall Waterfront Park in mid-November 2011. We had stopped by Saturday Market for Gyros and Elephant Ears. It was a fairly...
Rowena Oregon, Ghost Town Rowena Oregon exists only as a suburb of The Dalles now. Located on the Mosier-The Dalles Highway, or the old Columbia River Highway, it was little...
Beach at Pacific City Pacific City is a few miles north of Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast. The main route, Highway 101, bypasses it, so you have to be...
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...
Ghost Town of Kerby (Kirbeyville, Napoleon) Kerby is a Class E6 ghost town. This former gold mining town is on US 199, five miles south of Selma, and just north...
Autumn in the Rose Garden Taken at the Portland Rose Gardens
Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland Oregon Lone Fir Cemetery is one of Portland’s most historic (and haunted apparently,) locations. As such is full of gorgeous head stones, and one beautiful mausoleum....
Voodoo Doughnuts The line outside of the newly expanded Voodoo Doughnut shop in downtown Portland. It’s not always busy like this. Frequently the line is much longer.