Muriel O. Ponsler Memorial State Scenic Viewpoint is a small, undeveloped day-use park along Oregon's Highway 101 in Lane County, USA, about 14 miles north of Florence near the mouth of China Creek, offering easy access to roughly five miles of sandy and rocky beach flanked by Carl Washburne State Park to the south.
Mongold Day Use Area is a public day-use section of Detroit Lake State Recreation Area in Marion County, central Oregon, USA, located 1.5 miles west of the main campground on Oregon Route 22 near Detroit.
Vinzenz Lausmann Memorial State Natural Area is a 126-acre day-use state park in northern Hood River County, Oregon, USA, located 5.3 miles west of Hood River in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, donated by the Lausmann family in memory of Vinzenz Lausmann and administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint, a compact 15-acre park in Bandon on Oregon's southern coast along Highway 101, centers on the iconic offshore Face Rock sea stack resembling a human face from certain angles, tied to a Native American legend of Chief Siskiyou's daughter Ewauna turned to stone while singing as sea spirits claimed her, with some claiming to hear her voice in the wind.
Old Mill District, a 270-acre riverfront mixed-use hub in Bend, Oregon, along the Deschutes River, originated as the site of two of the world's largest pine sawmills—Shevlin-Hixon in 1916 and Brooks-Scanlon's Mill A and B—employing over 2,000 workers each at their peak, producing 500 million board feet yearly until closures in the 1980s amid timber decline left derelict buildings and smokestacks.
Argyle Winery Tasting House, situated at 691 Highway 99W in downtown Dundee amid Oregon's Willamette Valley wine country, anchors a pioneering winery founded in 1987 by Rollin Soles to showcase the region's cool-climate terroir through méthode champenoise sparkling wines alongside acclaimed Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Riesling from estate vineyards like Knudsen, Lone Star, Spirit Hill, and Giving Tree.
Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area is a picturesque day-use state park in Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, located about 10 miles south of Lincoln City along Highway 101, where Fogarty Creek flows into a scenic ocean cove framed by rocky cliffs and lush Sitka spruce forest.
W. B. Nelson State Recreation Site is a small day-use park in Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, located on the lower Alsea River near Waldport along the central Oregon coast.
Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area is a compact riverside park in Clackamas County, Oregon, USA, along Eagle Creek near Eagle Creek village, about 30 minutes southeast of Portland off Highway 211.
Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site is a picturesque day-use state park in Clatsop County, Oregon, USA, located about two miles south of Cannon Beach along U.S. Highway 101, featuring a mile-long sandy beach framed by shady shore pine groves, rocky headlands, and dramatic ocean views.
Seven Devils State Recreation Site is a 54-acre coastal state park in Coos County near Bandon, southwestern Oregon, USA, serving as the northernmost public beach access point along miles of remote sandy shoreline between the Coquille River and Cape Arago cliffs.
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River, spans 219,000 square feet as a hands-on science center founded in 1944 that opened its current site in 1992, incorporating a historic power plant turbine hall and drawing families for interactive STEM exhibits across five halls and labs on topics like chemistry, physics, paleontology, and natural sciences.
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and Spa, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, is located on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon near the Warm Springs River, about 100 miles southeast of Portland, renowned for its natural hot springs used historically by tribes for healing.
Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site is a small, undeveloped day-use park in Lane County, Oregon, USA, near Waldport along U.S. Highway 101 south of Cape Perpetua at Tenmile Creek around milepost 171.
Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site is a small, 7.3-acre day-use state park in Tillamook County, Oregon, USA, managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and open year-round with no entry fees.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a renowned repertory theater in Ashland, Oregon, began in 1935 when Angus L. Bowmer staged Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice amid the ruins of a Chautauqua tabernacle for the city's Fourth of July celebration, drawing crowds despite a boxing match insisted upon by skeptical officials.
Ochoco Wayside State Park is a small scenic overlook atop Ochoco Divide along Highway 26 near Prineville, Oregon, USA, offering stunning panoramic views of verdant forests, distant mountains, the town below, and volcanic features in Crook County.
