One of the most unique natural wonders of Oregon’s diverse landscape is its stretch of coastline between Florence to Coos Bay. Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, a 31,500 acre portion of the ...

The sands of Arrakis are closer than you might think. Arrakis, Dune, desert planet — the setting for the sci-fi epic coming to movie theaters this week is a planet of sand inhabited by water-starved ...

DUNES CITY, Oregon — Oregon’s has a Sahara by the Sea, and it is one of the state’s most unique geologic features known far and wide as the Oregon Dunes! There are so many ways to explore the Oregon ...

Released on March 1, Dune: Part Two has already earned over $200 million at box offices worldwide. The movie series is based on the late novelist Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, in which colonizers ...

LAKESIDE, Ore. — At long last, summer has arrived and that may have you thinking more about travel and camping trips across Oregon. So, consider adventures along the 363-mile Pacific Coast Scenic ...

Find your own slice of peaceful camping paradise along the Oregon Coast, an area that highlights windswept beaches, dramatic ...

When Frank Herbert wrote Dune he was a newspaper reporter in Florence, Oregon. The stark sand world that inspired his sci-fi classic is still orbiting the central Oregon Coast. Even without the ...

A hiker skirts the snaking edge of a sand dune north of Florence, Oregon. A century ago, coastal dunes threatened to overwhelm the city of Florence, Oregon. The sand swallowed roads, highways and ...

FLORENCE, Ore. - What is sandboarding? Think snowboarding without the boots and on a mountain of sand. It turns out that Florence is known as the “sandboarding capitol of the world” thanks in part to ...

Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 science fiction novel Dune tells the story of a future civilization fighting to control precious resources on a harsh desert planet. The book has been praised as the first ...