There is an actual organization with the moniker “Keep Portland Weird!” Don MacLeod, owner of “Music Millennium”, one of the oldest record stores in the Northwest, founded “Keep Portland Weird” to help keep one of the main sources of PDX weirdness- its unique local businesses- alive.
Oaks Amusement Park in the Sellwood District is full of fun facts and history! It was built in 1905 as a trolley park, and has operated continuously since then. As the park is located on the Willamette River, it sometimes floods. The skating rink floor is built on pontoons so it can be detached, float above the water, and be reattached after the flood subsides. Craziness!
If you are looking for some good clean fun in Portland, you might want to spend some time at the Vacuum Cleaner Museum. This museum, located in Stark’s Vacuum Cleaner’s store at 107 NE Grand Ave., houses over 300 vacuums. Just don’t walk in and tell them their museum sucks…(haha)
The name of the city of roses was decided by a coin toss! It was a decision between the hometowns of two men, one from Boston, MA and the other from Portland, ME. Obviously, the latter won…
They offer legal marriage ceremonies at Voodoo Doughnuts. That is SO Portland!
The “Benson Bubblers” you see around downtown Portland were donated to the city as an alternative to drinking in the pubs.
The International Rose Test Garden has over 500 different types of roses that have grown since 1917.
*Trivia courtesy of www.funtrivia.com