Bend + The Cascades Travel Guide

Now that a job isn’t limiting when and where you travel, you can take advantage of every season and spend plenty of time enjoying the outdoors. Resorts... Read More

It can be tough to stay in touch with family — busy lives and hectic schedules can get in the way of seeing each other as much as we'd like. That’s why... Read More

A collective of mountain towns in the west is launching “Pledge for the Wild” this week. The campaign — which includes the cities of Bend, Oregon;... Read More

There's a romance to train travel — the leisurely pace of a rail trip compared to the hustle of an airport or a crowded highway encourages you to relax.... Read More

And just like that — it’s time to plan your Fourth of July getaway.Memorial Day is behind us, and summer holidays are booking up fast. In fact, there’s... Read More

August arrives with the feeling that summer is moving along too quickly, or for some who don’t enjoy the hot weather of their hometowns, too slowly. In... Read More

If you haven’t already planned your Memorial Day getaway, it’s not too late. You can still get out of town for a perfect weekend escape.Yelp has... Read More

Things aren’t looking real good for Blockbuster Video these days. Most of the stores closed down four years ago. And an effort by HBO’s John Oliver to... Read More

Choosing the best city in America for microbreweries is, like judging the best beer, very subjective. The most obvious metric to look at is the total... Read More

On those probably more frequent than you would like to admit nights when you opt to order delivery food rather than cook, you’re usually in one of two... Read More

“There’s nothing like a hot tub and ski-in, ski-out lodging, but a great ski town needs more than that,” says Steve Kopitz, founder of specialty gear... Read More

Lyn Mettler lives in Indianapolis, but she’s partial to Aspen, CO. “It’s a hippy-chic town with some of the most breathtaking mountain scenery in the... Read More

Chebeague Island is a short ferry ride from the hipster scene in Portland, ME, but it still moves to a 19th-century tempo. So you can take your... Read More

“Les Schwab Amphitheater has beautiful grass, and it’s right along the Deschutes River, so there’s usually a lovely breeze,” says Noelle Fredland,... Read More

The little desert town of Marfa makes no logical sense. How did this dusty outpost in the barrens of far West Texas, nearly 200 miles from the closest... Read More