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35 Best Portland Sights to See for Your Bucket List

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35 Best Portland Sights to See for Your Bucket List

Introduction - Looking for something quirky and fun? Then Portland is the perfect destination for your next vacation. Check out this list...

 
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Learn about science and local nature at OMSI

Site 1 - If you're traveling with kids, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has interactive exhibits, classes, and summer camps, and...

 
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Go shopping at the Portland Saturday Market

Site 2 - For a true taste of Portland, the Saturday Market in the city's historic Old Town is the place to be...

 

Find the Witch's Castle

Site 3 - The Witch's Castle is saturated with dark history and the slosh of high school keggers, making it one of the...

 

Visit the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Site 4 - This eighty-mile river canyon was cut from eons of volcanic activity and flooding and now marks the border between Oregon...

 

Stroll through the Portland Japanese Garden

Site 5 - It's easy to get lost in Portland's Japanese Garden in Washington Park, a famous Oregon landmark, as its peaceful beauty...

 

Walk along Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Site 6 - Tom McCall Waterfront Park is an urban bastion of recreation, art installments, green space, and liveability. Stretching along the Willamette...

 
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Squeeze into Mill Ends Park

Site 7 - Spanning a whopping 452 square inches and holding a single tree, Mill Ends Park is quite literally one of the...

 

Go to the International Rose Test Garden

Site 8 - The International Rose Test Garden contains over 610 rose varieties and is one of only a handful of national testing...

 
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Explore Washington Park

Site 9 - Washington Park describes itself as a "community of destinations" and holds fifteen miles of trail in its 400 acres of...

 

Probe the UFO Boat on Sauvie Island

Site 10 - You may not be surprised to find that Portland is home to a nude beach, but perhaps you didn't expect...

 

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