Home to the Oregon coast’s infamous exploding whale incident, Florence has a lot more going for it than its most notorious footnote. About a three-hour drive south from Portland, the coastal city ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone remembers the Florence exploding whale of 1970 (pictured), but Warrenton beat them by several years in the exploding ...

An enormous dead sperm whale washed ashore in Oregon, leaving officials with a problem they had never faced before. Instead of burying or removing the carcass, they decided to use half a ton of ...