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Along the Water’s Edge

Tracing the merging of waterways, histories, and ecologies across Maya Lin’s Confluence Project.

A flower with three triangular white petals, three larger green leafs sits among a green moss colored forest floor

Myths of the Pacific Trillium

The understory forest dweller and popular PNW native has inspired many tales—tall and otherwise.

In Search of Big Cats

For Gary Koehler, a big-cat expert and retired wildlife researcher from Wenatchee, home means learning to share the land with all of its enigmatic critters.
A mound of sand in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area covered in footprints and green and orange seagrass against a bright blue sky

Shifting Sands

A trip to the Oregon Dunes unearthed the influence for Frank Herbert’s Dune—and a love of stories and nature passed down from fathers and places.

Of Mice and Men—and Douglas-fir Trees

A legend found in the tree’s cone provides lessons in shelter and community.

What Is the Pacific Northwest?

A blurring of boundaries, personal and political.

Lost Among the Trees

Deep in the Sandy River Delta, Maya Lin’s bird blind connects past and present through the animals found all around us.

American-made Design

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Gordon House is the architect’s only project in Oregon.
Mist rises from the top of a waterfall, surrounded by cliffs and trees

Spirit of the Mists

The creation story of Snoqualmie Falls swirls amid its cascades, mists, and deep pools—and lives on in the People of the Moon.
Michael Mason rests his hand on a large tree and looks up towards its branches.

Hearing The Earth

For Michael Mason, a longtime attorney and lobbyist for Pacific Northwest tribes, home is deeply rooted in the land, history, and songs of this region.

The Gathering Place

Located near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, the Vancouver Land Bridge merges rivers, land, people, and trade.
A boardwalk winds through tall grass

A Confluence of Peregrinations and Prayers

At Cape Disappointment near the mouth of the Columbia River, Maya Lin’s walkway and boardwalk present juxtaposing journeys of discovery.
A large wooden statue of a nutcracker stands atop a sign that says: Leavenworth, Washington, The Bavarian Village

7 Things To Do in Leavenworth this Summer

A Bavarian-style village nestled in Washington's Cascade Mountains, Leavenworth is known for its German fare, Christmas village—and outdoor adventures.
Exploring what it means to call the Pacific Northwest home.

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