About Us

During the Great Depression, the Federal Writers’ Project (a government program to provide jobs for out-of-work writers) published a series of travel guides by locals. In Oregon, End of the Trail, the guidebook proclaimed:

"Oregon is a land divided by great mountain barriers into regions of productive farms and desert wastes; it is a land of crowded habitations and scanty settlements, of lofty eminences and deep depressions, of isolated mountain-hemmed areas and open plains beyond the limit of vision, of deep lakes and barren playas, of rushing rivers and dry water courses, of dense forest undergrowth and park-like stands of timber."

The editor put this succinctly in the preface: “So Oregon offers, it is claimed, the greatest variety of climate, scenery, and vegetation of all the states.”

Many Cities, Many Voices

Variety—is something Oregon offers in abundance, not just in nature but in the lived wisdom of her inhabitants as well.

However, in these polarized times, it can be hard for us to see the value of those who lead different lives than our own. When we don’t talk with each other it is to forget that we share more in common than what divides us.

We need to start interacting more with each other, and travel can play a small role. 

If you commit to travel just a bit farther with us we know you will have a blast discovering new activities, places, and people in the seven regions of Oregon.

Map of Oregon tourism regions

Join the Club

Please join Club 241 of Oregon (membership is currently free) and start your journey of visiting every city in Oregon.

All we ask is you do two things when exploring our Pacific wonderland:

  1. When you visit a city, try to talk to someone who lives or works there. Make a friend or at least a new acquaintance. 

  2. Patronize a local business and/or give to a local charity. Leave that community better off for your visit.

See you on the trail!