Various guides to all things Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
Looking for the best coffee places in Portland? You’re in the right spot — and this isn’t one of those copy-paste lists that names the “popular” cafés and calls it a day. I’m a Portland local and genuinely coffee-obsessed (as in: I judge a place by the cappuccino texture, the espresso balance, and whether the…
The first time I visited Leavenworth (quite a while ago), I thought I’d taken a wrong turn and ended up in a German theme park run by retired mountaineers. There were people in lederhosen eating pretzels the size of small dogs, accordion music drifting through the streets, and somewhere, inexplicably, a man dressed as a…
There is a reason people call this the “crown jewel” of state parks. At 9,200 acres, it is Oregon’s largest and most diverse state park. To my knowledge, no other state park has a total of ten unique waterfalls, some of which you can actually walk around the back of! It’s one of my favorite…
**This post was updated December 22, 2025** Crater Lake is absolutely ridiculous — in the best way. The first time I saw it a decade ago, I thought someone had turned the saturation slider way up on real life. My breath caught in my throat. “Woooowwww,” was the only thing I could utter for a…
It was just after sunrise when I stepped barefoot onto the cool sand of Manzanita Beach. The fog clung to the tree-lined cliffs, and a dog chased seagulls in the distance as the town slowly woke up behind me. That quiet, golden moment made me fall in love with Oregon’s coast — a place where…
**Updated November 23, 2025** Look — Oregon has a lot going for it. Pine-scented forests, towering waterfalls, craft beer that’ll knock your hiking socks off. But nothing beats sinking into a natural hot spring while mist curls off the water and your worries melt like marshmallows in a campfire. If you’ve been googling “hot springs…