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1. Thompson’s Mills State Heritage Site

   Thompson’s Mills is a unique reminder of times past, chronicling the past 150 years of Oregon rural life. It is the oldest water-powered grain mill in the state: its system of waterways, dams, control gates, ditches and dikes has moved water from the Calapooia River…

   Location: 32655 Boston Mill Rd, Shedd, OR 97377

2. Timberline Lodge

   Not only is Timberline Lodge one of the region’s most iconic features, it sits on the flanks of another: Oregon’s famed Mt. Hood.  Timberline is a symbol of the Central Cascades, and no visit to the region is complete without seeing it. The setting at about…

   Location: Street Address, Mt. Hood National Forest, OR Zip

3. Toppenish

   Dubbed “Where the West Still Lives,” Toppenish reveals its dramatic history through 70 murals, some up to 200 feet long, spread throughout the town. Hop on a horse-drawn wagon and hear a narrated tour. Visit the Northern Pacific Rail Museum, housed in the original 1911…

   Location: Toppenish, WA 98948

4. Town of Jacksonville

   Founded in 1851 during the gold-rush, Jacksonville is a National Historic Landmark. The town offers a wide variety of events for visitors. There’s a celebration of Chinese New Year in February. You can take in an outdoor concert at the Britt Music Festival and see characters…

   Location: Jacksonville, OR 97530

5. Trophy Room and Cafe’

   Come in and see the history of the town of Prospect when life was logging and hunting. One room is full of trophy heads; the other room is full of town history and storytelling.  The town prospered from logging and the first sawmill that started in…

   Location: Mill Creek Drive, Prospect, OR 97536

6. Troutdale Historical Marker

   This pioneer community gateway to the Columbia Gorge was settled in the 1850s.  Cattle herds of early pioneers were driven to the nearby Sandy River from The Dalles while the emigrants rafted their wagons down the Columbia. First known as Sandy, the present name came…

   Location: 338 E. Histroic Columbia River Hwy., Troutdale, OR 97060

7. Undokai

   The Japanese community in the Hood River Valley gathered annually between 1923 and 1929 here on the Yasui brothers property in Mosier for a summer picnic called an “Undokai.” The gathering of more than 200 participants was an all-day family event filled with games and…

   Location: Mosier, OR 97040

8. Union Creek Resort

   Union Creek Resort is a unique rustic experience taking guests back in history to a time without technology. Guests truly find a peace and calmness here while escaping the pressures of a hectic modern world.   Union Creek Resort provides lodging, shopping, eating, fishing, hiking, snowmobiliing, wildlife…

   Location: 56484 Highway 62, Prospect, OR 97536

9. Union Street Raiload Bridge

   Built in 1913, this lift-span railroad bridge was used for local passenger service, logging and cannery freight over the Willamette River, one of the 14 designated historic rivers of America. Use declined after the 1960s. In 2004, the bridge was purchased by the City of…

   Location: Union Street at Willamette River, Salem , OR 97301

10. Vanport Historical Marker

    Vanport, nicknamed Kaiserville, was a World War II boomtown established in 1942-43 on the south bank of the Columbia River by industrialist Henry Kaiser. Kaiser persuaded the Maritime Commission to fund the nation’s largest housing project to house all of his new shipyard employees and…

    Location: Expo Road, Portland, OR 97225