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3 days ago · Northwest, also called the Pacific Northwest, region in the northwestern United States that includes the states of Oregon and Washington and parts of Idaho. The region is known for its spectacular beauty, valuable natural resources, wet climate, and progressive social attitudes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · The Pacific Northwest is dotted with towns that travel the whole gamut. There are those, such as Port Townsend, that feature handsomely preserved Victorian architecture. Others, like Idaho's Sun Valley, spot a yummy mountain backdrop that will leave a first-time visitor completely blown away.
1 day ago · The Pacific Northwest is a land of extremes. With towering peaks, explosive volcanoes, humongous trees, and lakes so deep they defy logic, it is no wonder that so many folks live in and visit this magical place.
1 day ago · There's more to the Pacific Northwest than Starbucks and "The Goonies." It boasts a rich array of restaurants. Here are the kinds that stand out the most.
1 day ago · The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
2 days ago · Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. It represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Archipelago of what became Canada. Learn more about the Northwest Passage in this article.
3 days ago · Describing Filipino history as “integrated into Seattle’s development,” she concludes that the story of the Pacific Northwest shows the value of “question[ing] narratives that segment the region’s history and interrogat[ing] the role of race, class, colonialism, and postcolonialism more fully.”
