Here are some short fun facts (found facts?) I’ve discovered during my travel adventures. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious — always insightful. Ok, maybe not always.
Oregon has been 100% vote-by-mail since 1998.
1:25 PM • Sep 20, 2022
Pyrocumulus clouds are created by the smoke and heat from a wildfire.
2:14 PM • Sep 14, 2022
It’s illegal to pump your own gas in most of Oregon.
4:58 PM • Sep 2, 2022
Coeur d’Alene is French for “Heart of the Awl.”
6:21 PM • Aug 26, 2022
Over a billion ounces of silver have been mined in Idaho’s Silver Valley.
3:04 PM • Aug 19, 2022
There are more cattle in Montana than people.
9:19 AM • Aug 1, 2022
Itasca State Park, the first state park in Minnesota, has over 100 lakes.
8:31 AM • Jul 25, 2022
The first Red Rocks concert took place in 1906.
5:11 PM • Jul 18, 2022
Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area.
8:47 AM • Jun 18, 2022
Saint Paul has more miles of Mississippi Riverfront than any other city.
3:58 PM • Jun 7, 2022