41. The Other Side of the Oregon Trail
Oregon has many sightseeing places that are meant to be explored, including some fantastic mountains like Mount Hood. What kept mountain climbers and researchers of the time interested is that it is an active stratovolcano; in other words, it’s actually a volcano with many layers of hardened lava. It is also Oregon’s highest mountain and one of the loftiest mountains in the nation. And as you can see in the early 1900s picture, it has snow all year round, and today it’s the only Lift-served skiing area in North America.