Seattle Center Welcome to the 74-acre entertainment campus known as the Seattle Center. Our purpose is to create exceptional events, experiences and environments that delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities. This arts, education, and tourism center was originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, though it has only grown in popularity…
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Asian Art Museum
Asian Art Museum Welcome to the Seattle Asian Art Museum, or SAAM for short. Located within a spectacular 1933 art deco building in Volunteer Park, in what was actually the Seattle Art Museum's original home, you will find a newly revamped museum space. This museum is considered to be 'one of the most beloved treasures…
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Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Art Museum Welcome to the Seattle Art Museum, the local art institution that holds global art collections, temporary installations, and global special exhibits that work to 'bridge cultures and centuries'. This art museum sits downtown, just a block away from Pike Place Market. It is acknowledged by the museum that the land it sits…
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Olympic Sculpture Park
Olympic Sculpture Park Operating as an offshoot of the Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park is a fun, fresh-air stop for any group! This 9-acre outdoor sculpture museum and beachfront area first opened as such in 2007, the public park area located just 1 mile north of the Seattle Art Museum. The spot is covered…
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Ride the Ducks of Seattle
Ride the Ducks of Seattle Is it a tour? Is it theatre? Is it stand-up comedy? YES! Ride the Ducks of Seattle was established in 1997 and has served as the #1 City Tour for over a decade now. As a part of one of the largest tour companies in Seattle and one of the…
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Original Starbucks
Original Starbucks [caption id="attachment_33306" align="alignright" width="425"] Original Starbucks Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Welcome to the original Starbucks, the birthplace of the massive coffee company conglomerate you know and love today. Located within Pike Place Market (1912/102 Pike Street), this historically rich and vitally important store was first founded in 1971. It was founded by teacher friends…
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Argosy Cruises
Argosy Cruises Your Friend with a Boat for 70 Years Argosy Cruises provide one of the most exciting, entertaining, and educational ways to see the seaside city of Seattle overall, with 70 years of experience being 'your ticket to the best views and history of Seattle'. This popular local tour company provides 7 sightseeing cruises,…
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Burke Museum
Burke Museum Welcome to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, or as it may also be known, the Washington State Museum! This iconic museum establishment has a long-standing history here in Seattle, first founded in 1899, tracing its origins back even further to a local high school naturalist club formed in 1879. For…
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Fremont Troll
Fremont Troll When it comes to Seattle landmark icons you have the Space Needle and Mount Rainier, of course, as well as the Fremont Troll! The Fremont Troll is a Fremont neighborhood resident residing underneath Aurora Bridge. The bridge itself was first built in 1932, and ever since then, locals have been reporting sightings of…
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Day Hike at Mount Rainier
Day Hike at Mount Rainier [caption id="attachment_33214" align="alignright" width="425"] Mount Rainier Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Crystalline high mountain lakes, cascading waterfalls, meandering streams, sub-alpine meadows carpeted in flowers, and peaks offering vistas of the glaciers... Mount Rainer is quite possibly the most beautiful spot in all of the state of Washington, and certainly in all of…
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