Fun Covid Break Activities: The Pacific Northwest

37 minute video, in high definition, walking around Downtown Salem on a very bright sunny day.

Photos of over 150 public installations of indoor & outdoor artworks across the City of Salem.

Have you wondered what is that white building near the WU campus that has a gold sculpture at the top? This website can fill in those details, as well as provide audio & video tours of the building where Oregon's state legislature is housed. By the way, the official name of that 22 foot tall gold clad statue is "Oregon Pioneer". If you are looking for "The Trailblazer", that is a basketball team located in Portland, OR.

Collection of high quality photos of different neighborhoods of Salem, Oregon, captured from the perspective of walking tours on bright sunny days.

Offers videos from a variety of indoor & outdoor places of interest across the Salem metro area, including vineyards, wineries, gardens, forests and eateries.

Breath taking views, each of which could become a best selling postcard. Includes connections to other thematic collections of other iconic photo landscapes.

In just one day, you could drive from the desert, through mountains and valleys, to the ocean, all within the Pacific Northwest. This website highlights places to stop & visit, to photograph the countryside, grab a bite, relax with a beverage, shop till you drop, or sauna in a corner. They also provide background on local history, trivia, culture and lots of places to put on your "to do list" for in person sightseeing. This is a great place to get ideas for your bucket list. And all of these items are here, in the Pacific Northwest.

You do not have to be a golfing enthusiast to enjoy this collection of landscape & flyover photos of 16 golf courses, and the adjacent terrain. The author includes narrative for each golf course, course layout maps, yardage charts, and photos of unique features from each location. Essentially, creating an out of body immersive experience for any golf or landscape enthusiast.

Over 20 episodes, running 5 minutes each, combining together landscape videos with lessons about the geology & geography of the Pacific Northwest region. Produced by Nick Zentner, senior lecturer of geological sciences at Central Washington University.

Photos, places to visit, snappy bits of local etiquette, stereotypical snippets, pronunciation guide, Q&A section, and plenty of links to find details about specific regions & cities that might wet your appetite for exploring the PNW.

On some maps, Oregon's Pacific Ocean shoreline might look like a smooth line, but up close there are many jagged points doting the ocean. This website provides photographic & historical sources for all of the lighthouses that are currently protecting ships that navigate this state's rocky coast.

Provides photographic, geographic and historic insights for all of the covered wooden bridges that are still standing across the State of Oregon. These are wonderful tour sites to visit with either your virtual velocipede or your surrey with the fringe on top.

There is no need to pull out your raincoat nor hiking boots when you trek through this collection of breath taking waterfalls, distributed in various regions of the State of Oregon.

Browse through a collection of over 30 years of excellent photo & video journalism, bringing the natural beauty of Oregon to a screen near you. Every episode is both breath taking & educational. This award winning & binge worthy series is produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting.