Central Oregon: Places to Explore

Bend, Oregon's largest city east of the Cascades, is emerging from a boom-and-bust cycle, one that caused it to go from being the state's fastest-growing city to the city with the nation's steepest fall... Read more

Prineville is the oldest town in central Oregon, and the only incorporated city in Crook County. Tire entrepreneur Les Schwab founded his regional empire here, and it remains a key hub for the company... Read more

Redmond sits at the western end of Oregon's high desert, 4 mi from the Deschutes River and within minutes of several lakes. It is a place where desert ranches meet runways, as it serves as the regional... Read more

If Sisters looks as if you've stumbled into the Old West, that's entirely by design. The town fathers—or perhaps we should say "sisters"—strictly enforce 1800s-style architecture. Rustic cabins... Read more

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs—the Paiute and the Wasco—occupy a sun-kissed parcel characterized by forests of ponderosa pine and canyons with high rimrock. It is a landscape that... Read more