Columbia River Gorge

Maryhill Museum of Art

Columbia River Gorge

If you've ever wondered about that expression, 'What in Sam Hill?,' here's your answer: this museum in a hilltop mansion was founded by Sam Hill (1857…

Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

Columbia River Gorge

This excellent museum covers the history of the gorge, from its creation by cataclysmic floods to the hardships pioneers had traversing it, to early…

Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center

Columbia River Gorge

Located just below Skamania Lodge, this museum weaves together the many threads that form the area's history – Native Americans, early explorers, pioneer…

Eagle Creek Recreation Area

Columbia River Gorge

The beautiful, 13.2-mile Eagle Creek Trail was the gorge's most popular hike before the 2017 fire that has closed it indefinitely. There is no timeline on…

Bonneville Dam

Columbia River Gorge

This dam was one of the largest New Deal projects of the Depression era. Completed in 1937, it was the first major dam on the Columbia River. Dam…

Columbia Hills Historical State Park

Columbia River Gorge

Some of the most famous remaining pictographs (painted figures) along the Columbia River are at this Washington state park, site of a Native American…

Deschutes River State Recreation Area

Columbia River Gorge

The Deschutes River, Oregon's second largest, cuts through central Oregon and meets the Columbia at this fine state park, 15 miles east of The Dalles…

Stonehenge Memorial

Columbia River Gorge

Not one for small gestures, businessman Sam Hill built a full-scale replica of Salisbury Plain's Stonehenge on the cliffs above the Columbia River…