Portland for First-Timers — The Greatest Hits

Pok Pok

Iconic kickoff — Andy Ricker's Northern Thai — get the fish sauce wings, lines move.

The largest independent bookstore in the world — a full city block, plan an afternoon.

Salt & Straw

Pear-and-blue-cheese ice cream made it nationally famous — the line is the experience.

Among the most authentic Japanese gardens outside Japan.

Apizza Scholls

Arrive early — they cap dough daily and walk-ins disappear.

5,200 acres of urban old-growth — Wildwood Trail runs 30 miles.