Design

PDX Is Getting a Stunning New Roof Made of 2.5 Million Feet of Timber

ZGF Architects designed the new feature as part of the airport’s ongoing renovation.

06/18/2021 By Margaret Seiler

Garden

Wanna Save the Monarch Butterfly? Plant Some Milkweed.

“While other species are blipping off the planet at an alarming rate, this is one that we can do something about.”

06/15/2021 By Arlo Voorhees

Direct Flights

Get Your Girls Trip On: Alaska Airlines Announces New Direct Service to New Orleans and Tampa

Seasonal service to the Big Easy and the Gulf Coast starts December 16.

06/10/2021 By Margaret Seiler

Transportation

The Traffic’s Back, and, Yes, It's Getting Worse than Before

At least on a holiday weekend, according to new data from the Oregon Department of Transportation

06/04/2021 By Julia Silverman

Bar Culture

McMenamins’ Cosmic Tripsters Have a New Clubhouse

Passport stamps have been hard to obtain in the pandemic, but the local brewery-hotel-pub chain has a new way to reward those who persevered.

06/02/2021 By Leah Altman

Cycling

Pedalpalooza Is Back! Bike Fest Returns for 2021

After a year off, the super-fun, volunteer-led Portland bike festival is back—for 3 whole months.

05/29/2021 By Margaret Seiler

Footnotes

LISTEN: Understanding Water Challenges Facing Oregon's Native, Black, Latinx, and Migrant Communities

We talk with Alaí Reyes-Santos from the Oregon Water Futures Project about the findings from their 2021 report.

05/28/2021 By Gabriel Granillo

Nature

6 Bugs We Don’t Have to Worry About in Oregon—or Do We?

From Brood X cicadas to murder hornets, a look at what bugs we don’t have much of in the state, though some are on the rise.

05/21/2021 By Margaret Seiler

Rushing Waters

6 Oregon Waterfalls for a Hike, a Picnic, or Even a Nap

Some are still closed after wildfires or landslides, but (sorry, TLC) you can still go chasin’ waterfalls.

04/26/2021 By Reina Harwood

Air Travel

Delta to Start Direct Flights between Portland and Seoul in September

The Korean metropolis isn’t the only city with new nonstop service out of PDX in 2021. The Midwest and California’s Central Coast are suddenly a lot closer, ...

04/24/2021 By Margaret Seiler

The Black Farmers Collective Grows Food and Community Above I-5

A new walking tour opens a window to urban farming and the neighborhoods it can serve.

By Erin Wong
Published 06/17/2021

30 Best Washington Campgrounds

Where to camp in the mountains, on the beach, or among the ruins of a decommissioned army base.

By Allison Williams [email protected]
Published 06/16/2021

Northwest Travel Summer 2021: Where to Go, What to Know

Birds, boats, and Bigfoot—it's a quintessential PNW summer if we've ever seen one.

By Allison Williams [email protected]
Published 06/11/2021

The Ultimate Guide to the Columbia Gorge

It's so much more than scenery.

By Sean P. Sullivan
Published 06/08/2021

The Best Things to Do in the Columbia Gorge

Kiteboarding, IPAs, and one seriously unexpected religious exhibit.

By Allison Williams [email protected]
Published 06/08/2021

The Best Wineries in the Columbia Gorge and Southwest Washington

Along the Washington-Oregon border, a new guard redefines our local wine amid some spectacular scenery.

By Sean P. Sullivan
Published 06/08/2021

Travel

Don’t Have the Krónar for an Icelandic Adventure? Create Your Own Ring Road Trip in Oregon.

Góða ferð (have a good trip) a little closer to home.

03/28/2021 By Steve Nichols

Winter Fun

How to Après-Ski at Home

Portland goods and goodies for some cozy recuperating, even if you weren’t just on the slopes

03/26/2021 By Zoe Baillargeon

Vacation

In Oregon, Spring Break Is ... On?

Spring break 2020 was all canceled plans, empty flights, and closed campgrounds. This year, it's different.

03/20/2021 By Margaret Seiler

Glamping

Level Up Your Picnic or Campground Cookout with an Asian Hot Pot Meal

Take the steamy restaurant staple outdoors—all you need is a portable burner and some willing helpers.

03/19/2021 By Katrina Yentch

Field Notes

The Gorge’s Polar Opposite Offers Ancient Old-Growth Forest and Blessed Solitude

The other Eagle Creek offers a wild, cathedral forest with scarcely another human in sight.

03/16/2021 By Benjamin Tepler

The Last Frontier

Pandemic Travel: An Essential Worker in Alaska

North to the Future, as Alaska’s motto says, but trapped in an ever-shifting COVID present

03/15/2021 By MacKensie Cornelius

Work

Need a Quiet Office? You Can Rent a Daytime-Only Hotel Room

Pretend you have an office to drag yourself to.

03/15/2021 By Marty Patail

Outdoors

What’s Blooming? Springtime Plants Are Popping Up in Portland

From daphne to daffodils, don’t miss these eight blooms.

03/12/2021 By Aurora Biggers

Movie News

Netflix to Release a Documentary about Bend’s ‘Last Blockbuster’

It's like Gone Girl, but if Netflix were Amy and Nick.

03/11/2021 By Conner Reed

The Gorgeous Gorge

Pandemic Travel: Researching a Columbia River Gorge Guidebook When the World Is Shut Down

The loneliness of the COVID-era travel writer

02/20/2021 By Matt Wastradowski

Travel & Outdoors

8 Essential Forest Park Hikes

5 Spring Hikes for Soaking Up the Sun

4 Great Options for Trailers, Yurts, and Cabins at the Coast

Pandemic Travel: An Essential Worker in Alaska

Don’t Have the Krónar for an Icelandic Adventure? Create Your Own Ring Road Trip in Oregon.

Pandemic Travel: A Cross-Country Train Trip from Portland

PDX Is Getting a Stunning New Roof Made of 2.5 Million Feet of Timber

Wanna Save the Monarch Butterfly? Plant Some Milkweed.

Get Your Girls Trip On: Alaska Airlines Announces New Direct Service to New Orleans and Tampa

The Traffic’s Back, and, Yes, It's Getting Worse than Before

McMenamins’ Cosmic Tripsters Have a New Clubhouse

Pedalpalooza Is Back! Bike Fest Returns for 2021

LISTEN: Understanding Water Challenges Facing Oregon's Native, Black, Latinx, and Migrant Communities

6 Bugs We Don’t Have to Worry About in Oregon—or Do We?

6 Oregon Waterfalls for a Hike, a Picnic, or Even a Nap

Delta to Start Direct Flights between Portland and Seoul in September

Seattle Met Travel

The Black Farmers Collective Grows Food and Community Above I-5

30 Best Washington Campgrounds

Northwest Travel Summer 2021: Where to Go, What to Know

The Ultimate Guide to the Columbia Gorge

The Best Things to Do in the Columbia Gorge

The Best Wineries in the Columbia Gorge and Southwest Washington

Don’t Have the Krónar for an Icelandic Adventure? Create Your Own Ring Road Trip in Oregon.

How to Après-Ski at Home

In Oregon, Spring Break Is ... On?

Level Up Your Picnic or Campground Cookout with an Asian Hot Pot Meal

The Gorge’s Polar Opposite Offers Ancient Old-Growth Forest and Blessed Solitude

Pandemic Travel: An Essential Worker in Alaska

Need a Quiet Office? You Can Rent a Daytime-Only Hotel Room

What’s Blooming? Springtime Plants Are Popping Up in Portland

Netflix to Release a Documentary about Bend’s ‘Last Blockbuster’

Pandemic Travel: Researching a Columbia River Gorge Guidebook When the World Is Shut Down

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