Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon

Portland’s historic cemeteries are some of the most beautiful and overlooked cultural treasures in the city. These greenspaces are also the perfect spots for walking, biking, and birding. Explore twenty-five burial grounds, each with remarkable tombstones that vary as much as the Portlanders they commemorate, including suffragists, spiritualists, Romani kings, politicians, and murderers. From a photographer who captured the golden age of Broadway musicals to a celebrity orangutan, Portland’s graves are full of surprises. Authors and cemetery sleuths Teresa Bergen and Heide Davis share their insights into the Rose City’s remarkable past.