Places marklfarley Wants to Go

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.