The Grays River Covered Bridge, located in Wahkiakum County, Washington, was built in 1905 for cattle and wagons by H.P. Ahlberg, who was a dairy farmer with land on both sides of the river. He covered the bridge in 1906, because it was too slick fo...

Rows of cottonwood trees stretch to the horizon at a tree farm for one of the local pulp and paper mills. The trees should be ready for harvest in another five years.

Moss lines the damp wall of the very steep stone stairway ascending to the top of the Silver Creek Gorge at Silver Falls State Park.

These stairs along the lower falls trail in Silver Falls State Park appear to go nowhere in the dense cover of the dark rainforest.

The bridge on the lower falls trail crossing Silver Creek in Silver Falls State Park to just disappear into the dense vegetation and go nowhere.

A wooden bridge crosses Silver Creek in Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon. The falls trail in the park provides a seemingly infinite number of vantage points to view and photograph the beautiful falls.

The Altar Stone at the Stonehenge War Memorial in Klickitat County, Washington was completed in 1918 to honor the sacrifice of the soldiers of Klickitat County in World War I. As at the original Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain in England, the midw...

The Stonehenge War Memorial at Maryhill, Washington, was built in 1918 by Sam Hill and dedicated in 1929 to honor the brave young men from Klickitat County, who gave their life in World War I. The structure was constructed as a replica in size and f...

The Biggs Rapids Bridge, also known as the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge, carries Hghway 97 across the Columbia River from Maryhill, Washington to Biggs Junction, Oregon.

The series of tunnels along the Burlington Northern mainline and Highway 14 through the Columbia River Gorge pass through basalt ridges or headlands that were created by lava flows from the eruptions of Mt. Adams located to the north in the Cascade M...

A westbound locomotive emerges from Tunnel 3 on the Burlington Northern Railroad, formerly the Northern Pacific Railway in the Columbia River Gorge.

A freight train travels up the Columbia River on the Burlington Northern Railroad, fornerly the Northern Pacific Railway, near Bingen, Washington. The Northern Pacific Railway ran along the north side od the river, while the competing Union Pacific ...

The westbound Amtrak Empire Builder travels through the Columbia River Gorge just west of Stevenson, Washington.

The rapids at Cascade Locks with its huge boulders made passage along the Columbia River virtually impossible, requiring a very difficult 4.5 mile portage. The difficulty in getting through the rapids was well documented by Lewis and Clark. They lo...

Beautiful Wahkeena Falls can be seen in the distance through the forests on the Coumbia River Gorge National Scenic Area west of Portland, Oregon. Althought it is probably not technically a rainforest, it is a lush forest and is nearly always wet.