Portland’5 Centers for the Arts: Five Theatres, One Beating Cultural Heart
Downtown Portland’s cultural crown is a quintet: Portland’5 Centers for the Arts operates the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, the Keller Auditorium and the three intimate...
Month : October 2026
Riding the Portland Aerial Tram: A Family Flight Over the City
It looks like a silver bubble floating over the South Waterfront — and for Portland kids, riding it is a rite of passage. The Portland...
End of the Oregon Trail: Where the Pioneer Road Meets Its Happy Ending
For 2,000 miles they walked beside their wagons — and the journey ended here. Oregon City, just south of Portland, was the official terminus of...
Blue Lake Regional Park: Beaches, Splash Pads and Big Lawns East of Portland
When Portland wants a beach day without the coast drive, it heads to Blue Lake Regional Park in Fairview. The spring-fed lake’s swimming beach, grassy...
Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: Greek Heritage in Portland
Beside the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Southeast Portland, the Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum preserves a century of Greek life in Oregon —...
Bird Alliance of Oregon: Meet Portland’s Wild Neighbors Up Close
On a forested hillside above the Willamette, the Bird Alliance of Oregon’s sanctuary has introduced Portland kids to wild neighbors since 1902. Its Wildlife Care...
Oregon Maritime Museum: All Aboard the Last Sternwheeler
Docked at Waterfront Park, the sternwheeler Portland is both artifact and museum: built in 1947, she’s the last steam-powered, sternwheel tugboat operating in the United...
Portland Chinatown Museum: The Story of Oregon’s First Chinatown
Portland’s Chinatown was once the second largest in America, and the Portland Chinatown Museum — housed in the historic 1910 Tung Sang Building in Old...
Leach Botanical Garden: A Fairy-Tale Garden in Portland’s Southeast Woods
Botanists John and Lilla Leach fell for this Johnson Creek hollow in the 1930s and called it “Sleepy Hollow.” Today Leach Botanical Garden keeps their...
Architectural Heritage Center: Portland’s Love Letter to Its Old Buildings
Housed in an 1883 former firehouse on Grand Avenue, the Architectural Heritage Center is Portland’s headquarters for old-building love. Part museum, part advocacy hub, it...
