Tillamook
Head up the coast, or just west from Portland, to visit the cheesiest town in Oregon.

Updates

Alpha Farm, Deadwood: 48 Hours on Another Planet
Even a jaded New Yorker like Sarah Greenbaum finds much at a communal farm in rural Oregon. Alpha and its people weather time and trouble, and keep going.

Baker City, Sumpter, Halfway
In her first entry Sarah crosses the Cascades into Eastern Oregon, where little-visited but friendly towns await.

Columbia River Gorge & Hood River NEW!
From amazing microbrews to more waterfalls than you have film in your camera, a drive through the Columbia River Gorge is mandatory.

Drain & Elkton
Sarah continues her investigation of towns with odd names, and remembers how good it is just to get off the highway sometimes.

Grants Pass, Wolf Creek, Sunny Valley, Jacksonville NEW!
Near the California line, go west from Medford for what these small towns offer: history, calm, few people, but good hospitality.

Related Articles

Eugene Travel Guide
A medium-sized city with plenty to do and see both in town and in the surrounding country.

Portland Travel Guide
You will never find another city quite like it – what more reason do you need to go?

More Updates

Highway 99E: Aurora & Oregon City
Just off the interstate is Oregon almost like it was when the first settlers came in the 1800s.

McKenzie Highway
Winding with the McKenzie River through Lane County, a drive down this highway proves that it's the journey, not the destination that matters.

Mount Hood Highway, U.S. 26
Take the long road to the tallest mountain, eat the best pizza this side of NYC, and stop in a place so Boring they had to make it the name.