In 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon used dynamite to dispose of a beached whale, but the explosion sent chunks of blubber raining down on spectators and nearby cars.

Officials planned to blast the carcass to smithereens and let the seagulls finish the job. Instead, the crowd, the dunes and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florence, Oregon, is famous for an exploding whale, but the town has much more to offer. It sits near the Oregon Dunes National ...