Reasons to Love Portland 2026

Keith’s cute, colorful creations adorn bars, antique stores and craft shops across town.

Every Multnomah County Library property will be updated with, at a minimum, new furniture, paint and shelving, plus automated return and checkout technology.

The Oregon Croissant has been a stalwart item almost since Ken Forkish opened his eponymous bakery on Thanksgiving Day 2001.

The carcass of Lloyd Center was reanimated to glorious effect.

Between the whoosh of Interstate 84 and the whir of the Sandy River, a vast trail network links up ample waterfront and spacious meadows amid dense groves of cottonwood, ash and willow.

These are old-school smut in the all but extinct mass-market format.

It takes work to find a movie that’s bad in a way that can hold an audience’s attention.

Yes, a baked good occasionally disappears from the cart without payment. But a far larger problem has been the Woodstock squirrels.

Ella Dean’s flagship product, a combination of pomegranate, gooseberry, mustard, rice, hibiscus, and comfrey root oils called Look, but Don’t Touch, is such a bestseller it inspired both an accompanying shampoo and conditioner.

Nobody else can claim to be America’s eighth-best metro area for working moms.