Attractions: Museums/History

It’s easy, driving along in your car, to completely miss the Western experience that is Pendleton.

City: Pendleton
Region: Eastern Oregon

Length: 106 miles / 169.6 km
Time to Allow: 5-7 hours
Fees: A few museums charge fees. So do some campgrounds.

Region: Eastern Oregon

Hiking, history and heritage, that’s the theme of the Oregon Trial Interpretive Center just East of Baker City.

City: Baker City
Region: Eastern Oregon

I will admit it, I am addicted to technology.

City: Union
Region: Eastern Oregon

The Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater is southern Oregon's state-of-the-art community performing arts center. The facility features excellent acoustics and sightlines, an impressive array of theatrical equipment and is operated by a professional staff. The auditorium is intimate and comfortable and seats just 732 patrons, yet the stage can accommodate large national concert, dance and theatrical tours.

City: Medford
Region: Southern Oregon

The Butte Creek Mill and General Store is still one of Southern Oregon’s favorite destinations today as people come to take home the whole grain goodness of mills flours baking mixes and many culinary treats along with a whole lot of history. The mill began operation in 1872, built by the pioneers with double-bitted axes and hand saws felled trees that were already more than one hundred years old.

City: Eagle Point
Region: Southern Oregon

Oregon’s first lighthouse located near Winchester Bay is one of the few you can see the inside of the light apparatus and at the same time get a great history lesson, thanks to a team of volunteers. The lighthouse is part of Umpqua River State Park and is managed by Douglas County Parks, which also oversees the museum about a block away in a historic Coast Guard building. 

City: Reedsport
Region: Southern Coast

Fred Jensen, curator of the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum, more than just oversees the collection of artifacts and photographs in his downtown Florence museum, he shares the stories of the area.

City: Florence
Region: Central Coast

The Coos Historical and Maritime Museum is a non-profit with a mission of enhancing the intellectual, civic, and cultural life of Oregon’s south coast by facilitating awareness of local history.

City: Coos Bay
Region: Southern Coast

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