Top Ten Things to do in Portland: #7 – Powell’s Books
Portlanders and Oregonian’s have known for sometime that the greatest bookstore in the world is in our city: Powell’s Books. However, you don’t have to take our word for it:
The point is Powell’s probably is the world’s greatest bookstore. It is a place of staggering ambition, hidden in the very humble wrapper of a worn-out warehouse. Any library we seek tax money to build ought to measure up to Powell’s or it isn’t worth it.” —The Seattle Times








