Real Estate

Property Watch: This Historic Nob Hill Condo Has a Fresh New Look

Explore everything that Nob Hill has to offer from this recently refreshed historic condo.

03/13/2026 By Melissa Dalton

from the archive

The Wet: Brian Doyle’s Rain Journal

From 2007, the celebrated Oregon author’s “Waterlogged notes from rainy seasons present and past.”

03/10/2026 By Brian Doyle

PDX Index

The Past 35 Years of Portland Protests, by the Numbers

In so-called ‘Little Beirut,’ civil disobedience remains a claim to fame.

03/04/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Local Legends

A Big Whoop-Whoop for the Portlandia Statue

Who? How the belle of 1985 fell out of favor.

03/02/2026 By Matthew Trueherz

from the archive

Making a Scene

Gallery gal Elizabeth Leach has spent 25 years getting Portland’s art crowd up to speed.

02/13/2026 By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Real Estate

Property Watch: After Years of Remodels, a SW Portland Home Returns to Its Roots

Emil Schacht was an early adopter of the Craftsman style in Portland. See how this house pays tribute.

02/13/2026 By Melissa Dalton

seeing things

Imani Perry and Keisha N. Blain celebrate Black history at the Schnitz

The Sleeping Beauty, and other events in town.

02/12/2026 By Matthew Trueherz

Room for More

Potlucks Are the Feasts That Meet the Moment

They ask for our participation twice: first as cooks, then as diners.

12/22/2025 By Lola Milholland

Malheur

Ten Years Ago, Outlaws Took Over an Oregon Refuge

Now, they've taken even more.

12/15/2025 By Leah Sottile Illustrations by Matthew Woodson

Transit Trip

Antique Store Hopping in Aurora via TriMet and Canby Area Transit

Plus wine tasting, shortbread samples, relics of a utopia, and so many plug-in plastic Jesuses.

12/02/2025 By Margaret Seiler

History Lesson

Dining Out in the Ancient World

Two Portland restaurants are turning to the distant past for inspiration today.

11/19/2025 By Ben Coleman

Transit Trip

A Fall Day in Troutdale via TriMet’s 77

Find celery lore, lots of happy dogs, and no line at Sugarpine.

11/17/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Food History

The 25 Restaurants That Made Portland

Portland was not a food city in the year 2000. Over the past quarter century, these restaurants changed that.

11/14/2025 Edited by Matthew Trueherz By Portland Monthly Staff Illustrations by Max-O-Matic

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Rare Lake Oswego Plywood Home

It's said there are only seven of these early houses, designed by Pacific Northwest modern master John Yeon, left in the city.

11/07/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Wine History

5 Wines That Made the Willamette Valley

From award-winning bottles to new movements, these are the wines that shaped Oregon wine country.

10/31/2025 By Alex Frane Illustrations by Amanda Lanzone

Things to Do

A Grimm Play for a Grim Period in History

A dystopian play of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and more events in town.

10/16/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Oregon Trails

The Boom-and-Bust Tales of 8 Oregon Ghost Towns

Hopeful homesteaders, gold mining boomtowns, and resorts that slid into the sea.

10/15/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson Illustrations by Jordan Kay

Real Estate

Property Watch: This Cottage on Peacock Lane Got Snapped Up

With vintage vibes, it's ready for seasonal shindigs on the historic Southeast street that was planned as an English village.

10/03/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: Buy the House That Started Sunriver Resort

Midcentury camp vibes prevail in the original 1969 home of the developer of Sunriver Resort, just outside Bend.

09/26/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Time Warp

50 Years of Rocky Horror at the Clinton Street Theater

Portland’s favorite single-screen theater hosts the longest continuously running movie of any theater, anywhere.

09/26/2025 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Raines