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Fauna

Getting to Know the Great Blue Heron, Portland’s Official City Bird

10/07/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Enchanted Forest

Wildwood Really Is Laika’s Most Ambitious Project Yet

09/15/2026 By Conner Reed

In the Trees

8 Essential Forest Park Hikes for Any Portland Explorer

09/08/2026 By Brian Barker, Rebecca Jacobson, and Benjamin Tepler

Super Markets

An A-to-Z Guide to Portland Grocery Stores

09/11/2026 By Margaret Seiler

PDX Index

Running the Numbers on 60 Years of Outdoor School

10/05/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

seeing things

Things to Do in Portland This Week

10/08/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson, Andrew Jankowski, and Margaret Seiler

Just Published

Forest Bathing

The Rise of the Nature Sauna

Remote saunas provide a place for wellness and connecting in the wild.

11:15am By Zoe Baillargeon

Water Works

Inside Portland’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Rain is central to our civic identity. And we’ve gotten pretty good at dealing with it.

10/12/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson and Margaret Seiler Illustrations by Sam Island

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Unique Historic Home in Eastern Oregon

The Second Empire style from Napoleon’s days lives on in this 1904 home in Union, Oregon.

10/09/2026 By Melissa Dalton

seeing things

Things to Do in Portland This Week

Swan Lake, Circa dance troupe, and Día de Muertos onstage, plus a Treevia Night.

10/08/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson, Andrew Jankowski, and Margaret Seiler

Travel

10 Grand Lodges of the Pacific Northwest

For every season, there’s a dream destination.

10/07/2026 Edited by Ramona DeNies By Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Portland Monthly Staff

Fauna

Getting to Know the Great Blue Heron, Portland’s Official City Bird

Bud Clark made the designation in 1986. Sorry, swifts.

10/07/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Popular Content

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Eat & Drink

Super Markets

An A-to-Z Guide to Portland Grocery Stores

09/11/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Closures

Why OK Omens Mattered

09/29/2026 By Karen Brooks

Big Brains

Your Ultimate Portland Bar Trivia Guide

09/24/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Editor’s Note

Breaking Out of My Grocery Routine

09/16/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Mart History

Portland’s Grocery Evolution: Pioneers, Hippies, and Big Business

09/14/2026 By Heather Arndt Anderson

Superfan

Sandwich of Champions: Morgan Weaver’s Regular Sammich Order

09/04/2026 By Margaret Seiler Photography by Michael Raines

Arts & Culture

seeing things

Things to Do in Portland This Week

10/08/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson, Andrew Jankowski, and Margaret Seiler

Big Brains

Your Ultimate Portland Bar Trivia Guide

09/24/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Love Letters

An Illustrated Ode to Portland’s Scrap Creative Reuse

09/23/2026 By Shay Mirk

Verse

‘Dear Ghost,’ a Poem by Jennifer Perrine

09/17/2026 By Jennifer Perrine

Enchanted Forest

Wildwood Really Is Laika’s Most Ambitious Project Yet

09/15/2026 By Conner Reed

Drawn Together

Comics and Community at Helioscope Studio

09/08/2026 By Ben Coleman Photography by Michael Raines

News & City Life

PDX Index

Running the Numbers on 60 Years of Outdoor School

10/05/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Love Letters

An Illustrated Ode to Portland’s Scrap Creative Reuse

09/23/2026 By Shay Mirk

Water Works

Inside Portland’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure

10/12/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson and Margaret Seiler Illustrations by Sam Island

Fauna

Getting to Know the Great Blue Heron, Portland’s Official City Bird

10/07/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Hoops

How the Portland Fire Made Me a Sports Fan

09/21/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

In Short

Hot Takes on Portland’s Latest News

09/15/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Margaret Seiler

Travel & Outdoors

Forest Bathing

The Rise of the Nature Sauna

11:15am By Zoe Baillargeon

Travel

10 Grand Lodges of the Pacific Northwest

10/07/2026 Edited by Ramona DeNies By Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Portland Monthly Staff

Fauna

Getting to Know the Great Blue Heron, Portland’s Official City Bird

10/07/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

PDX Index

Running the Numbers on 60 Years of Outdoor School

10/05/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Travel

8 Fun and Easy Fall Day Trips near Portland

09/29/2026 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen and Portland Monthly Staff

Get Out

What to Do in Oregon in October

09/28/2026 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen and Portland Monthly Staff

Style & Shopping

Cheap Thrills

At Shirtzenpantz’s New Downtown Shop, Whimsy Rules

07/20/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Plants

At Rancho Cacto, Molly Malecki Is All About the Succulents

03/19/2026 By Jordan Michelman Photography by Michael Novak

The Fixers

Meet the Portlanders Who Can Fix Your Broken Stuff

08/05/2026 By Amelia Arvesen, Gabriel Granillo, Matthew Trueherz, and Alice Wolfe

Outdoors

Sno-Parks, State Parks & Beyond: Snag a Wilderness Parking Pass

12/23/2025 By Margaret Seiler and Wriik Maui

Required Reading

Must-Visit Portland Indie Bookstores

12/22/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Nice Digs

Portland’s Best Record Stores

12/18/2025 By Jenni Moore

Health & Wellness

Forest Bathing

The Rise of the Nature Sauna

11:15am By Zoe Baillargeon

Travel

10 Grand Lodges of the Pacific Northwest

10/07/2026 Edited by Ramona DeNies By Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Portland Monthly Staff

Cobra Pose

A Portland Reptile Shop Strikes It Big with Snake Yoga

03/30/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Best of the City

Top Dentists 2026

03/10/2026 Edited by Portland Monthly Staff

Get Together

Four Portlanders Explain Why Gathering Matters

03/02/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Thermophilia

Portland’s New Riverside Saunas Invite a Proper Cold Plunge

02/11/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Home & Real Estate

Real Estate

Portland Neighborhoods by the Numbers

04/13/2026 Edited by Margaret Seiler With Alyssa Schaer, Ethan Morehouse, and David Banis

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Unique Historic Home in Eastern Oregon

10/09/2026 By Melissa Dalton

Travel

10 Grand Lodges of the Pacific Northwest

10/07/2026 Edited by Ramona DeNies By Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Portland Monthly Staff

Real Estate

Property Watch: A John Storrs Home in a Parklike Setting in Dunthorpe

10/02/2026 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Saul Zaik Gem with a Modern Makeover

09/25/2026 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: Time Capsule on Alameda Ridge with All the Views

09/18/2026 By Melissa Dalton

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