Oregon's diverse geology offers rockhounds opportunities to collect on public lands from the coast to high desert volcanic ...

For years, thundereggs have fascinated Oregonians. The state rock is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Here's everything to know about the thunderegg and where to find them in Oregon. A ...

People come to Oregon from all over the world to hunt for thundereggs, the seemingly unremarkable egg-shaped rocks that hide beautiful patterns of agate, opal, jasper and other gemstones. Oregon’s ...

Out in the Oregon high desert, wind from the snow-capped Three Sisters Range blows down over the quiet, artsy mountain town of Sisters and the snaking bends of the Crooked River to kiss the golden ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming and ranching, but in the future it could provide fruitful ground for a ...

When the iconic sandstone formation known as "the duckbill" collapsed, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department wasn't suspicious. Erosion happens. Rocks fall. The stretch of cliff where the ...

FORT ROCK, Ore. — Oregon's high desert is vast, timeless and remote — where distances are great and people are few, and the only outpost for miles is unlike any other state park around. At Fort Rock ...