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Many reminders of Oregon's history are preserved throughout the state. From the archeology that reveals the region's pre-European inhabitants to memorials of Vietnam war veterans, these reminders of the past dot the landscape.

Visitors are welcome to share the experiences of Oregon Trail emigrants, Lewis & Clark explorers, and many others.

Plan your vacation to the Pacific Northwest with a packet of information in the mail.. Catlow Cave | Connley Caves | Limpy Creek |
Albany Albany Fire Museum | Albany Regional Museum | Monteith House | Monteith National Historic District |
Ashland First Baptist Church | First National Bank Building | Fordyce Roper House/Winchester Inn | IOOF Building | Trinity Episcopal Church |
Astoria Astoria Column | Clatsop County Heritage Museum | Clatsop County Historical Society | Columbia River Maritime Museum | Flavel House | The RiverPark Suite | Uppertown Firefighters Museum |
Aurora Old Aurora Colony Museum |
Baker City Oregon Trail Interpretive Center | Oregon Trail Regional Museum |
Bandon Bandon Historical Society Museum |
Bend Deschutes County Historical Society | Deschutes Historical Center | High Desert Museum |
Brookings Chetco Valley Historical Society Museum | Mount Emily Bombsite Trail |
Brooks Pacific Northwest Truck Museum | Western Antique Powerland Museum |
Brownsville Linn County Historical Museum |
Burns Burns Paiute Tribe | Harney County Historical Museum |
Butte Falls Railroad Museum at Butte Falls |
Canby Canby Depot Museum |
Canyon City Grant County Historical Museum | Museum of Horse Drawn Vehicles |
Carver Baker Cabin |
Cascade Locks Cascade Locks Historical Museum |
Chemult Dawson House Lodge |
Chiloquin Klamath Tribes | Train Mountain Railroad Museum |
Clackamas Oregon Military Museum |
Clatskanie Flippin Castle |
Coos Bay Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians | Marshfield Sun Museum |
Cottage Grove Cottage Grove Museum |
Creswell Creswell Area Historical Society Museum |
Dallas Brunk House |
Danner Charbonneau Grave and Fortified House |
Dexter Lookout Point & Dexter Lakes |
Echo Chinese House Railroad Museum | Echo Historical Museum | Echo Hotel Restaurant & Lounge |
Elgin Elgin Opera House and Elgin Museum |
Eugene Lane County Historical Museum | Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House |
Florence Siuslaw Genealogical Society | Siuslaw Pioneer Museum |
Forest Grove Pacific University Museum |
Fort Rock Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum |
Fossil Fossil Museum & Pine Creek Schoolhouse | Pine Creek School House |
Glide Colliding Rivers Information Center |
Gold Beach Curry County Historical Society Museum |
Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde |
Grants Pass Josephine County Historical Society | Schmidt House Museum & Research Library |
Gresham Gresham Pioneer Church | Gresham Pioneer Museum |
Haines Eastern Oregon Museum |
Halfway Pine Valley Community Museum |
Heppner Morrow County Courthouse | Morrow County Museum |
Hillsboro Old Scotch Church |
Hood River Hood River County Historical Museum | International Museum of Carousel Art |
Independence Heritage Museum |
Jacksonville Armstrong House | B.F. Dowell House | Beekman Bank | Beekman House | Bella Union Restaurant and Saloon | Brunner Building | Butcher Shop | Catholic Rectory | Eagle Brewery Saloon | Herman Helms House | J.W. McCully Building | Jackson County Museum | Jacksonville Cemetery | Jacksonville City Hall | Jeremiah Nunan House | Judge Hanna House | Kubli House | Orth House | Redmen's Hall | Sexton's Tool House | Sutton's Drug Store | Table Rock Billiard Saloon | U.S. Hotel |
John Day Kam Wah Chung & Company Museum |
Joseph Wallowa County Museum |
Junction City Lee House-Junction City Hist. Museum |
Kerby Kerbyville Museum |
Klamath Falls Fort Klamath Museum | Klamath County Museum | Senator Baldwin Hotel Museum |
Lafayette Yamhill Co. Historical Museum and Barn |
Lincoln City North Lincoln County Historical Museum |
Madras Jefferson County Museum |
Medford Southern Oregon History Center |
Milton-Freewater Frazier Farmstead Museum |
Milwaukie Milwaukie Museum |
Molalla Historic Dibble and Vonderhe Houses |
Monmouth Paul Jensen Arctic Museum |
Mt Angel St. Mary Church |
Newport Burrows House Museum | Lincoln County Historical Society Museum | Nye Beach Historic District |
North Bend Coos County Historical Society Museum | Coquille Indian Tribe |
Nyssa Nyssa Oregon Trail Agricultural Museum |
Olive Lake Fremont Powerhouse |
Ontario Four Rivers Cultural Center |
Oregon City Barclay House | Clackamas County History Museum | Ermatinger House | Pioneer Church | Rose Farm, William Holmes House |
Paisley Paisley Caves |
Parkdale Hutson Museum |
Pendleton Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla | Happy Canyon Pageant | Tamastslikt Cultural Institute | Umatilla Cnty. Hist. Society Museum |
Philomath Benton County Historical Museum |
Port Orford Battle Rock Park | Historic Hughes House |
Portland American Advertising Museum | First Christian Church | Historic Preservation League of Oregon | James F Bybee House | Oregon Archaeological Society | Oregon History Center | Oregon Maritime Center and Museum | Pittock Mansion | Portland Police Historical Museum | State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum | U.S.S. Blueback Submarine | Washington County Hist Society & Museum | World Forestry Center Discovery Museum |
Prairie City Depot Park and DeWitt Museum |
Prineville A R Bowman Memorial Museum |
Rickreall Polk County Museum |
Rogue River Woodville Museum |
Roseburg Cow Creek Band of Umpqua | Douglas County Museum | Lane House |
Salem Bush House Museum | Gaiety Hill/Bush's Pasture Park | Historic Deepwood Estate | Historic Elsinore Theatre | Jason Lee Home | Marion County Historical Society | Mission Mill Museum | Northwest Civil War Council | Pruitt-Allen Archaeological Museum | State Capitol Building | Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Museum |
Sandy Sandy Historical Museum |
Scio Scio Museum |
Seaside Seaside Museum |
Siletz Confederated Tribes of Siletz |
Silverton Silverton Country Museum |
Springfield Springfield Museum |
St Paul Robert Newell House Museum |
Stayton Santiam Historical Society Museum |
Sublimity St Boniface Church |
Sweet Home East Linn Museum |
The Dalles Cultural Resources at The Dalles | First Wasco County Courthouse | Fort Dalles Museum | Lewis Anderson Farmhouse and Granary | St Peter's Landmark |
Tillamook Latimer Quilt & Textile Center | Tillamook County Pioneer Museum |
Toledo Toledo Historical Museum |
Troutdale Harlow House | Troutdale Historical Society |
Union Union County Museum Society Museum |
Vale Stone House |
Vernonia Vernonia Pioneer Museum |
Warm Springs Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs | Museum at Warm Springs |
Warrenton Camp Rilea | Fort Stevens | Fort Stevens State Park |
West Linn Willamette Falls Locks |
Woodburn Settlemier House |


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