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Collins Mountain Trail is located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, about 27 miles southwest of Medford, Oregon, near the California border. The Lake was created in the 1980s with a dam built along the Applegate River.

By 1933, during the Great Depression, 100 properties were being worked in search of gold and gradually wasting away until 1957. Today Sterlingville is overgrown with trees and brush, with not a trace of where it stood, except for the cemetery.

McMenamin's Old St. Francis School is located in downtown Bend. It was transformed from a 1936 Catholic schoolhouse to, in 2004, a hotel complete with classrooms-turned-lodging rooms, a pub, a brewery, a movie theater, a private meeting/event space, live music bookings, and a soaking pool.

The haunted tales have caught the attention of the Travel Channel’s "Ghost Adventures" crew and paranormal experts at the famed Pioneer Saloon in Nevada. Two of its mediums came to the same conclusion as so many guests: The creepiest place might be room eight, where most ghostly vibes have been reported. The whole inn and woods have paranormal activity.

Golden, Oregon, was a mining town in the 1890s near Coyote Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, about 3 miles off Route 5 (Wolf Creek Exit).  During its time, it boasted 150 residents, two churches, a mercantile and post office, and, most notably, no saloons.  Within about 20 years, the mine was dry, and today, Golden, Oregon, is a ghost town.

There are over 200 shipwrecks along the Southern Oregon Coast. The Sujameco is located at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Once you get here, head toward Horsfell Beach. Once you get to the beach, take a walk to the observation platform, and if you look down and slightly to the left, you will see the old shipwreck. I would recommend coming here during low tide.

Rugged pioneers armed with only hand tools, sweat and ambition began building covered bridges in Oregon during the mid-1850's. They often camped out at remote sites, living off the land or contracting with local farmers for food. Early covered bridge owners often financed construction by charging tolls: 3 cents for a sheep, 5 cents for a horse and rider.

This post is for fans of the television series The Last of Us. The blue whale is the biggest animal on Earth, but it’s not Earth’s biggest life form. No, the blue whale pales in comparison to the actual largest living thing on the planet: the humongous fungus (Armillaria ostoyae), also known as honey fungus. This fungus is located in Malheur National Forest and covers an area of about three-and-a-half square miles. Now that is truly humongous.

No!!! the Fruit Loop is not named after the cereal by Kellogg's. It's a 35-mile scenic trip through the fruit orchards, small towns, and back roads of the Hood River Valley. Located about 45 minutes east of Portland by way of the Columbia Gorge, and directly south of the town of Hood River, the area is Oregon's largest fruit growing region. Over thirty percent of the nation's winter pears are harvested here, along with a variety of apples, berries, peaches, cherries, and wine

Come and check out the covered bridges in Oregon. This is a two-part post because of the number of covered bridges in Oregon. It's impossible to do this in a day, and a long three-day weekend is needed because you have some on the Oregon coast and one on the eastern side of the Cascades.

Pacific Northwest Trolls done by Thomas Dambo. The project was called “Way of the Bird King,” and includes six sites in the Pacific Northwest.

The Eagle Creek Trail. Here is the information on the Eagle Creek Hike if you're interested. The Eagle Creek Trail includes Metlako Falls, Sorenson Falls, Punchbowl Falls, Loowit Falls, Skoonichuk Falls, Tunnel Falls, Grand Union Falls, Twister Falls, and if you add on an additional quarter of a mile to your hike, you can see Seven Mile Falls. There are cable-railed cliff faces on this trail, and if you suffer from Vertigo, I would not recommend doing this hike. This is not a

The Columbia River Gorge in Oregon Has More Waterfalls Than Anywhere Else in the Country. The Gorge is undeniably one of the most beautiful places in Oregon, perfect for hikers, bikers, and explorers of all types. But there is one feature that makes this beautiful natural area truly unique: the impressive waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge!

At its height, Latourell was a working timber town and had five saloons and a well-known brass band. Large scale commercial logging did not arrive until the 1880s. Before that, many Columbia River Gorge residents cut and delivered cordwood to Columbia River steamships. Today, the former vibrant community of Latourell is quiet; there are no business establishments, and there are fewer than fifty residents compared to its earlier years.

Bodie, California, is a town frozen in time and preserved by California State Parks in a state of “arrested decay.” Bodie became a State Historic Park in 1962and maintains the buildings just as they were found when the State took over the town. They do not restore the buildings; instead, they choose to preserve them in their aged and weathered 1880s appearance.

At its peak, Virginia City was a thriving, vibrant metropolis of 25,000 residents. Located about 35 miles southeast of Reno, Nevada. Silver and gold were buried deep beneath the streets, and men and women traveled from around the world to live and work. Miners pulled millions of dollars from shafts and tunnels 3,000 feet beneath the thriving town.

In the town of Boring, Oregon, there is a museum called the North American Bigfoot Center. The museum features a gift store and free information center, as well as an admission area featuring dozens of exhibits. The Gift Store sells hundreds of bigfoot/crypto-themed items, including books, clothing, footprint casts, stickers, housewares, toys, and more. The Information Center showcases free exhibits, artifacts, and art for your enjoyment and learning.

Pacific Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King features six giant hand-built troll sculptures by Danish environmental artist Thomas Dambo. The publicly accessible sculptures are located around the Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon), where each whimsical troll sculpture is part of an underlying environmental story.

When you think of coffee, the thought of Seattle, Washington usually comes to mind. However, Portland, Oregon, is known as the Coffee Roaster Capital of the United States, with over eighty coffee roasters. With all that choice, it’s challenging to know just who the best coffee roasters in Portland are.

It's almost Halloween, so I thought I would write this post on Halloween. St. Helens, Oregon, is the town where the Disney movie...