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Portland, Oregon

The Witch's Castle

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

Portland, Oregon

Portland's Shanghai Tunnels

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

Portland, Oregon

The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium

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

Portland, Oregon

The Grotto

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Portland, Oregon

Cathedral Park

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Portland, Oregon

The Zymoglyphic Museum

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!

Portland, Oregon

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House

Casually threatening atmosphere with dessert and coffee to die for.

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in Portland

Lobster Mushroom

This mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.

Bug Eater's Delight

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

Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Fresh Hop Beer

These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.

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The powerful "Family Reserve" baijiu clocks in at 106 proof.

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An exhibit showing a replica of contaminated meat.

See a Collection of Sickening Objects at Portland's Outbreak Museum

From canned beets to milk jugs, each exhibit relates to a wave of deadly disease.

by Emily E. Smith

November 30, 2018

Crow Bar.

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

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