as an allusion to The Goonies. A song of the same title is the album's first track. The album's back cover features news clippings from Astoria, including a picture of the port's water tower from a 2002 article on its demolition. The pop punk band Marianas Trench has an album titled Astoria. The band states the album was inspired by 1980s fantasy and adventure films, and The Goonies in particular. That film inspired the title, as it was set in Astoria, the album's artwork, as well as the title of their accompanying US tour (Hey You Guys!!). Astoria is featured as a city in American Truck Simulator: Oregon. In the series finale of the TV show Dexter, the title character, Dexter Morgan, ends up in Astoria as the series ends. Warships named Astoria Two U.S. Navy cruisers were named USS Astoria: A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (CA-34) and a Cleveland class light cruiser (CL-90). The former was lost in the Pacific Ocean in combat at the Battle of Savo Island in August 1942, during World War II, and the latter was scrapped in 1971 after being removed from active duty in 1949. Museums and other points of interest Columbia River Maritime Museum Astoria Riverfront Trolley Clatsop County Historical Society Heritage Museum, located in the Old City Hall Astoria Regional Airport Clatsop Spit CGAS Astoria Oregon Film Museum Captain George Flavel House Museum The Astoria Column (the highest point in Astoria) Sister cities Astoria has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International: Walldorf, Germany, which is the birthplace of Astoria's namesake, John Jacob Astor, who was born in Walldorf near Heidelberg on July 17, 1763. The sistercityship was founded on Astor's 200th birthday in 1963 in Walldorf by Walldorf's mayor Wilhelm Willinger and Astoria's mayor Harry Steinbock. Notable people Grouper, American ambient musician, best known for her critically acclaimed album called Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill. See also The Clatsop tribe of Native Americans Socialist Party of Oregon § The Finnish Socialists of Astoria Western Workmen's Co-operative Publishing Company Columbia Memorial Hospital Astoria Regional Airport Job Ross House National Register of Historic Places listings in Clatsop County, Oregon — 44 Astoria structures and districts listed (2020) Image gallery References Sources Further reading Ebeling, Herbert C.: Johann Jakob Astor. Walldorf, Germany: Astor-Stiftung, 1998. . Leedom, Karen L.: Astoria: An Oregon History. Astoria, Oregon: Rivertide Publishing, 2008. . Elma