Should you find yourself in the Rose City, check out four of Active Junky’s favorite places to sip and savor.

From the Arctic reaches of Zenith Point, Canada to tropical Punta Mariato, Panama, North America’s terrain promises to keep serious trekkers occupied for decades. Grab your pack and explore the Continent’s most astounding natural beauty.

Motels, originally known as “motor hotels,” don’t have the best rep. They’re presumed cheap and sleazy—the kind of place you stay out of necessity, not desire. LOGE (pronounced “lodge”) is changing that, one rundown roadhouse at a time.

We’ve put more miles on our poor vehicles than we’d like to admit, but the result is an intimate understanding for life on the road, and advice for anyone about to take off on a road trip.

Brush back the facade of the frequented. Explore elsewhere. Because this landscape of ours is as big as it is beautiful, and we bet you haven’t seen it all.