San Juan Islands
In an 1890s farmhouse on the outskirts of Friday Harbor, the San Juan Historical Museum commemorates early pioneer life on San Juan Island. While the…
San Juan Islands
In an 1890s farmhouse on the outskirts of Friday Harbor, the San Juan Historical Museum commemorates early pioneer life on San Juan Island. While the…
Seattle
It's practically obligatory to climb the 107 steep steps to the top of the 75ft water tower in Volunteer Park. Built in 1907, it provides wonderful vistas…
San Juan Island National Historical Park (English Camp)
San Juan Islands
English Camp, 9 miles northwest of Friday Harbor, contains the remains of British military facilities dating from the 1860s. A path from the parking area…
Seattle
What other US university campus has a perfectly framed view of a glacier-drizzled, 14,410ft stratovolcano? This beautiful green corridor of lawns and…
Orcas Island Historical Museum
San Juan Islands
Housed in a series of six original homesteader cabins dating from the 1880s, this island museum relates the pioneer and local history of Orcas and the San…
Seattle
The lovely Quad is home to some of the original campus buildings, many of them built in a Collegiate Gothic style reminiscent of New England. On sunny…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
At the southern edge of Washington Park Arboretum, this 3.5-acre formal garden has koi pools, waterfalls, a teahouse and manicured plantings. Granite for…
San Juan Islands
This scenic area at the island's southeastern extremity holds three trails, the best being the under-a-quarter-mile stroll to Watmough Bay, a stunning arc…
Seattle
This library was set up in 2009 by Gay City, a community organization, and has already collected 6000 volumes on LGBTIQ+ topics. There are regular…
San Juan Islands
A nice little walk through the forest leads to the shore and rocky reef. Expect to see lots of seals. The trailhead is easy to find: head to the airport…
Seattle
This large gallery space is dedicated to the work of artists over the age of 50 and features a wide breadth of mediums (painting to pottery to abstract…
Catherine Montgomery Interpretive Center
Washington Cascades
Built with funds provided by the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs, this interpretive center describes the history and ecology of the 574-acre…
Seattle
Feeling a little turned around? Consult this guidepost for directions from the 'center of the known universe' to lesser spots on the globe.
San Juan Islands
Turn Island is a hit with beach campers and especially kayakers. The marine park is part of the San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
San Juan Islands Museum of Art
San Juan Islands
Housed in the most swanky, modern building in town. Visit to see rotating exhibits featuring primarily Pacific Northwestern artists.
Seattle
Forest trails, an outdoor swimming pool and scenic beaches make this one of Seattle's most underrated parks.
San Juan Islands
At the south of the island, this is one of the best places to look for orcas from the shore.
San Juan Islands
Boaters and beach fans come to Clark Island for marine camping and moorage.
San Juan Islands
Twenty acres of super-cool sculptures by various artists.
Seattle
Cal Anderson Park is the active heart of Capitol Hill, where you’re sure to bump into locals playing ultimate frisbee, bike polo or soccer as you stroll…
Seattle
The US Coast Guard maintains this lighthouse, which dates from 1913. It has limited seasonal hours Memorial Day through Labor Day, but the tours are free…
Seattle
The lonely-looking grandstand at the southern end of Green Lake is all that remains of the former 5500-capacity Green Lake Aqua Theater, an outdoor…
Seattle
This grand working hotel on First Hill is a fine example of Italian Renaissance architecture. Built in 1909 by a Seattle clothing merchant, the Sorrento…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
Madrona Park Beach, down a steep hill from the business district in Madrona Park, is one of the nicest along the lake. In clear weather the views of Mt…
Seattle
The center of campus is more commonly referred to as Red Sq (because of its base of red brick rather than any Bolshevik inclinations). It’s not the…
Seattle
Popular for its views of Elliott Bay and downtown, this relatively tranquil spot was once painted with a different hue. In 1907 a huge amusement park,…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
Amid a lakeside nirvana of posh mansions, you’ll find two-tiered Viretta Park, from which you can see the large house once owned by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain…
Seattle
A historical curiosity in Seattle's oldest neighborhood, this museum was built in 1903 from Douglas fir trees as a carriage house for the currently…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
South of Madison Park toward the tail of Lake Washington Blvd is Denny Blaine Park, found at the end of a looping tree-lined lane. The beach is surrounded…
Seattle
These two sculptures of a giant cowboy hat and boots originally embellished a Georgetown gas station in the 1950s – the hat was the pay kiosk, and the…
Seattle
Built in 1916 and since dwarfed by the far taller George Washington Memorial Bridge (colloquially known as the Aurora Bridge), the distinctive orange-and…
Seattle
Along the banks of the ship canal and abutting the Burke-Gilman Trail at the bottom of Phinney Ave N, you’ll see two life-size ‘apatosaurs' fashioned out…
Washington Cascades
Coldwater Lake, 43 miles east of Castle Rock, was created in 1980 when water backed up behind a dam caused by debris left behind by the Mt St Helens…
Seattle
This life-sized statue, dedicated in 2008, honors the characters JP Patches and Gertrude, who appeared daily on the children’s JP Patches Show on Seattle…
Seattle
You never know what you're going to get at this small gallery inside the old red-brick Rainier beer factory in Georgetown, which leans heavily toward …
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
Dedicated to Hendrix in 2006, the park abuts the Northwest African American Museum just north of the Beacon Hill neighborhood. Phase 2 of the park's…
Seattle
Seattle's beautiful Italian Renaissance–style Catholic cathedral was built in 1907. The original dome collapsed in 1916, the victim of a rare Seattle…
San Juan Islands
Set in the Rosario Resort & Spa, these rooms around the hotel's lobby tell the life and times of former Seattle mayor, shipbuilder and groundbreaking…