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Portland Is One of the Only Places Where Breast Cancer Patients Can Get Nipple Tattooing, Covered By Insurance

You’ll probably only get tattooed by Mary Jane Haake for one of three reasons: You’re a die-hard tattoo fan who’s heard about her work for years; you’re a regular client, like the Portland SWAT team; or you’re a medical patient.

There is a Secret Willamette River Bridge Most Portlanders Have Forgotten Exists

What if I told you one of Portland’s bridges was an engineering marvel of its era that’s not just the largest and heaviest bridge built on the Willamette, but also a world-record holder?

Yes, There’s a Secret Underground Bowling Alley in the Center of Portland

As real estate prices climb, the center of Portland has been utterly hollowed of old-school bowling alleys.

When Portland Saw Snowstorms, the National Weather Service Twitter Became Our 24/7 Therapist

Last winter, when Portland saw more snow than it had seen in 30 years, Portlanders had no idea what to do. Some didn’t know how much snow was a lot, and in some cases, they didn’t even know what snow was.

Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers’ Poll 2017

Check out who’s the best of the best in PDX.

This Year, More Than Ever, It’s Important to Stop and Take Note of Everything That Makes Portland What It Is

As this edition of our annual Best of Portland issue shows, there’s a lot to celebrate.

If You Haven’t Noticed Yet, the Trail Blazers Twitter Account is on Fire

The account acts more like your best friend sitting next to you than official communication from a sports team.

Portland’s Raging Grannies Have Been Protesting Since the 1960s, And You Do Not Want to Mess With Them

Meet Portland’s Best Grandmas and social justice event mainstay: The Raging Grannies.

The Zymoglyphic Museum is a Self-Contained World of Rogue Taxidermy and Steampunk

The Zymoglyphic region is a place that doesn’t exist, in a time that never was. But there is nonetheless a museum devoted to it, on the western edge of Tabor near the Cheese Bar.

In the Portland Area’s Wealthiest Neighborhood Lies a Hidden, Public Scottish Garden As Large as the Japanese Garden

On Dunthorpe’s Elk Rock bluff facing Mount Hood and the river, flush from the grain business, a turn-of-the-20th-century Scotsman named Peter Kerr built himself a 13-acre garden.

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