Start your day by grabbing a cup of locally-roasted coffee from The Governor’s Cup, Archive Coffee & Bar or Isaac’s. If you’re craving a freshly made, sweet treat to go with that cup o’ joe, pop in to Big Wig Donuts.

Next, explore Willamette Heritage Center, with fourteen historic structures on a 5-acre campus, including the 1841 Jason Lee House and Methodist Parsonage - the oldest standing wooden frame houses in the Pacific Northwest. The 1896 Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, a National Park Service-designated American Treasure, vividly tells the story of industrialization in the Mid-Willamette Valley.

While the Oregon State Capitol Building isn’t currently open to the public, The Capitol’s Willson Park offers a lovely walk of discovery, with its many statues and the World War II Memorial, a 33 ft tall pillar which lists the names of nearly 3,800 Oregonians who died in the war.

Grab lunch at one of dozens of locally-owned restaurants in downtown Salem including Taproot Café & Lounge for one of their famous bowls or Venti’s Café & Taphouse, which features a robust menu of vegan and vegetarian options. As you’re exploring downtown, be sure to look up on alley walls and all around as Salem boasts a fascinating, eclectic collection of public art.

午餐后，前往威拉米特大学校园内的哈利·福特艺术博物馆。这是俄勒冈州第三大艺术博物馆，馆藏丰富多样，涵盖古代艺术、欧洲艺术、美洲原住民艺术和亚洲艺术，此外还举办一系列精彩的轮展，据说其水准可与世界上一些最负盛名的博物馆的展览相媲美。

Finish your day of historic and cultural exploration in Salem by visiting historic Deepwood Gardens, designed by Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver, the first female-owned landscape architecture firm in the Pacific Northwest.