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36 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Portland, Oregon

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The Witch's Castle

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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Portland's Shanghai Tunnels

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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The Grotto

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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Cathedral Park

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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The Zymoglyphic Museum

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!

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Rimsky-Korsakoffee House

Casually threatening atmosphere with dessert and coffee to die for.

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Bug Eater's Delight

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Bug Eater's Delight

Scorpions, mealworms, and crickets mingle with rainbow sprinkles on the Peculiarium's famous sundae.

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All It Takes to Create a Ghost Is a Good Story

A tale of two bars in Portland, Oregon.

by Sarah Laskow

August 31, 2018

Mill Ends Park in 2013.

The World's Tiniest City Park Just Got a Little More Official

Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, now has its own sign.

It's hard not to attribute artistic intent to this Xenophora shell.

Up Close and Personal With the World's Most Artistic Mollusks

Deep sea "carrier snails" painstakingly turn their shells into tiny dioramas.

A Portland Teen's Pet Snake Got Stuck in Her Earlobe

She had to go to the ER.

February 02, 2017

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