WEIRD OUT

Visit These 13 Oregon Oddities and Roadside Attractions

Our state has shipwrecks, shoe trees, and sinkholes awaiting you.

09/16/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen, Margaret Seiler, and Portland Monthly Staff

Superfan

At Chin’s Kitchen in Hollywood, It’s Always Soup Season

Patrick Herlihy is working his way through the menu at the Chinese restaurant, but a steaming bowl is a must.

09/12/2025 By Margaret Seiler Photography by Michael Raines

Land Rights

The Fight for Willamette Falls

As tribal communities and local governments imagine a future for the country’s second-largest waterfall, they’ve exposed the long-standing rifts born from the wounds of colonization.

08/18/2025 By Karina Brown Photography by Kari Rowe

Real Estate

Property Watch: Pristine Midcentury on the Market for the First Time

Built in 1950 and exquisitely restored 70 years later, everything from the original woodwork to the new Lacanche range shines.

07/11/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Former Commune Where Steve Jobs Picked Apples

A McMinnville orchard helped inspire the computer company name.

06/27/2025 By Melissa Dalton

In Search Of

The Dress that Found Me

Seventeen years ago, I fell for a photo of a dress. I didn’t know I was searching for a piece of Portland fashion history.

06/23/2025 By Carmel Breathnach

Index

The Goonies Turns 40

A look at the numbers behind the Oregon-shot classic.

05/28/2025 By Alex Frane and Margaret Seiler

Local Legends

All the Things We’ve Done to Joan of Arc

One hundred years ago, the patron saint of France landed in Portland as a Great War monument. What does she mean today?

05/23/2025 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Novak

Big Picture

In 1925 Portland, a Day of Bike Races and Costume Contests

Our city has always had fun on two wheels.

05/09/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson

Pub Time

Me, My Parents, and the Horse Brass Pub

A personal history of Portland’s most English bar.

05/08/2025 By Alex Frane Photography by Michael Novak

Real Estate

Property Watch: A 1961 Midcentury with a View on Mount Tabor

Designed for a lumber importer, this home has plenty of wood, plus multiple fireplaces, a sauna, and views of Mount St. Helens.

05/02/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Oregon Trails

8 Geologic Wonders of Oregon

Caves to canyons to cracks in the ground, our state rocks.

04/22/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson Illustrations by Jordan Kay

History

To Know Old Town's Past Is to Hope for Its Future

My grandmother’s Old Town was a vibrant, bustling place for all. Despite what handwringers say, it still is.

04/07/2025 By Lauren Yoshiko

Public Health

Portland’s Fraught Fluoride History, Explained

The city has voted down fluoridation four times. How did we get here?

03/19/2025 By Erin Ross

Way Out West

Neighborhood Guide: Orenco Station

Part Portland, part Truman Show, this master-planned Hillsboro hood is all grown up.

03/18/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Getaways

3 Perfect Spring Day Trips from Portland

Shake off the winter doldrums on a jaunt out of town.

03/07/2025 By Arlo Voorhees

On and Off Broadway

The Theater Designer Who Designed a Theater

After The Lion King on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies, Taylor Swift stages, and Super Bowl halftime shows, Michael Curry wants a bigger stage.

03/03/2025 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Jason Hill Illustrations by Michael Byers

Soccer City, USA

A Word from Timber Jim, the Man with the Chainsaw

Approaching the 50th anniversary of the Portland Timbers’ first game, its original hype man reflects on his legacy.

02/18/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Real Estate

Property Watch: ‘Doctor’s House’ in Goose Hollow Gets a Glow-Up

From an original owner who traversed the Oregon Trail to a remodel worthy of last year’s Street of Dreams, this house has seen it all.

02/07/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Where to live now

Neighborhood Guide: Multnomah Village

Gift shops, historic cafés, and a sprawling public park.

01/13/2025 By Alex Frane