"Portland, Oregon ... here is where to go now. ... Chef John Gorham has created an environment that says, 'Sit, eat, pass this to your friend...'" -Bon Appetite Magazine, February 2008
It began in 1950 as a test garden & got its official name in 1964. It currently features more than 2,500 rhododendrons, azaleas & companion plants set in a landscape of waterfalls & stone masonry.
Founded in 1946, the museum is the sixth oldest children's museum in the US. Each year the Museum welcomes more than 280,000 children from birth to age ten and their caregivers.
Opened in 1990, it houses the world's largest Foucault Pendulum. It has become known for upward illuminating the twin spires yearly on September 11th in memorial of the events of 9/11.
The garden opened to the public in 1967 & is considered to be one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan.
The Portland Art Museum was founded in 1892, making it the oldest art museum on the West Coast and 7th oldest in the United States
