Harriet Baskas is an author and journalist who has produced radio documentaries on everything from early cowgirls to offbeat museums and written eight books about unusual attractions, hidden museum treasures, and airports around the world. She served as the general manager of three community radio stations in the Pacific Northwest and now reports on travel and the arts for a variety of national outlets and for her blog, [...]. Cortney Kelley, having lived in the PNW for all but four years of her life, is most at home in the dense treescape with the smell of salt water in the air. Primarily a portrait artist, she sensed that the exploration of Seattle couldn’t have come at a better time with COVID limitations in full swing, allowing for a deep dive into a city she adores. Nurturing her wanderlust, she is always dreaming and planning the next adventure, camera in tow.

Acacia Memorial Park Grand mausoleum with acres of stained glass | 10 Aerocar This cute car could fly above traffic | 12 Arctic Club Hotel A Gold Rush club left this gem behind | 14 Art at the Airport SEA’s museum-quality collection | 16 The Arthur Foss The oldest wooden tugboat was a movie star | 18 Bakke Coffee Museum Perky shrine to machines that make coffee | 20 Ballard Locks Engineering marvel, fish ladder, botanical garden | 22 Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop Head here for taxidermy possum butts | 24 Boeing Field Measure the history and wonder of flight | 26 Boeing’s First Flight The B&W Bluebill flew from here in 1916 | 28 Capitol Hill Wishing Tree Leaves of wishes left by passersby | 30 Center for Wooden Boats Row, row, row a boat or go for a free Sunday sail | 32 Chihuly’s Odd Collections Colorful, curated, and quite kitschy | 34 College Inn Pub Howard haunts a historic basement pub | 36 Colman Pool Swim in a saltwater pool with Puget Sound views | 38 Connections Museum The history of hookups and hang-ups | 40 Dialysis Museum Chronicling the kidney failure fight | 42 Dino and Dora Fremont’s adorable, adopted, ivy apatosauruses | 44 Dunn Gardens When the Olmsted Brothers went west | 46 Duwamish Tribal Longhouse An ancestral site of Seattle’s First People | 48 Easy Street Records Music, meals, cocktails, and more | 50 The Edgewater Hotel The Beatles slept here, and so can you | 52 Edith Macefield’s House Seattle’s famous holdout house | 54 Elliott Bay Marina Dock Six Free boat ride to a hidden, million-dollar view | 56 Emerald City Trapeze Arts Fly, get fit, join the circus for a little bit | 58 Exclusion Memorial First Japanese Americans exiled to camps | 60 Fair Isle Brewing Coffee shmoffee – drink the beer | 62 Fantagraphics Visual storytelling at its finest | 64 FareStart Restaurant Help the community by eating great food | 66 Fast Penny Spirits An amaro distillery in a shipyard | 68 Filson Flagship Store Rugged gear made here, and a meat-vending machine | 70 First Gas Station Roadside plaque honors a new way to fuel cars | 72 Fishermen’s Memorial Honoring those lost at sea | 74 Former Ford Factory Model Ts moved along a multi-story assembly line | 76 Geocaching Headquarters Mecca for modern treasure hunters | 78 Georgetown Steam Plant Engineering marvel and electrical time machine | 80 Georgetown Trailer Park Mall A hip place to shop, snack, or get hitched | 82 Gessner Mansion A gambler’s haunted home | 84 Giant Shoes Peep Show Footwear to fit giants | 86 Grand Illusion Eclectic films reel out in a quirky space | 88 Granite Curling Club Not just shuffleboard on ice | 90 Great Wheel Great spot for a spin or a proposal | 92 Greenest Office Building Six floors of eco-goodness and sustainability | 94 Green Lake Murder Site Enjoy your picnic, but remember Sylvia | 96 Greenwood Pencil Box Supplies for creativity that support good causes | 98 Grossology Bathrooms Lessons in the loos | 100 Hat ‘n’ Boots A supersized howdy for visitors to Oxbow Park | 102 Hawaii General Store A welcoming spot to find aloha and get a lei | 104 Hot Tub Boats Rub-a-dub-dub, tour the lake in a tub | 106 Howe Street Stairs Seattle’s longest staircase is quite a workout | 108 International Fountain Seattle Center’s water feature has its own DJ | 110 Ivar’s Salmon House Spot the oosiks | 112 Jimi Hendrix Gravesite The rock icon’s final resting place | 114 J. P. Patches Statue Celebrating Seattle’s favorite clowns | 116 KEXP Gathering Space Watch radio, drink coffee, see a show, buy records | 118 Kirke Park Resurrected, but not as planned | 120 Klondike Gold Rush Park Seattle struck gold with miners heading north | 122 KOBO at Higo An homage to what came before | 124 Kubota Garden A life, a home, and a garden built and rebuilt | 126 Kurt Cobain Benches Unofficial memorial to grunge music icon | 128 Lake View Cemetery Bruce and Brandon Lee’s final resting place | 130 Last Resort Fire Department Where to get fired up in Pioneer Square | 132 Lawless Forge Hammer out a souvenir or a relationship | 134 Maury Island UFO Mural Artwork tells the story of an odd encounter | 136 Metsker Maps Largest retail map shop in the US | 138 NW African American Museum Celebrating African American culture in the PNW | 140 Off the Rez Café Modern spin on Native American cuisine | 142 Oriental Mart James Beard Award winner with a side of sass | 144 Pacific Fishermen Shipyard Bounty of Ballard’s history in salvaged signs | 146 Panama Hotel & Tea House Unclaimed baggage tells a tragic story | 148 Paramount Theater Library Archive of Seattle’s entertainment history | 150 Patent Tree Lots of winning ideas | 152 Pilling’s Pond Everything at this pond is just ducky | 154 The Pinball Museum Play through the decades | 156 Rage Industry You’re encouraged to bust stuff up | 158 REI Flagship Store Prep for adventure and spot a time capsule | 160 Retired Air Raid Tower A Cold War relic in the heart of Phinney Park | 162 Rubber Chicken Museum All the wacky stuff at Archie McPhee | 164 Scarecrow Video Be kind and rewind in the 21st century | 166 Schmitz Preserve Park Old growth in the city | 168 Seattle Asian Art Museum Heads of divine bodies and a weeping Buddha | 170 Seattle Chocolate Factory Where tasting chocolate is an experience | 172 Seattle Meowtropolitan Sip a catpuccino and adopt your new best friend | 174 The Seattle Room A deep dive into local history | 176 Sicks’ Stadium Site Homebase to local baseball history | 178 Silent Reading Party Mum’s the word at Hotel Sorrento | 180 Sky View Observatory Locals prefer these sky-high views | 182 Smith Tower Seattle’s first skyscraper | 184 SoDo Track Art World’s longest curated mural corridor | 186 South Willow Street End Shoreline access for the rest of us | 188 Space Needle Secrets Fresh views up top, retro souvenirs below | 190 Spice Bridge Tastes of the world | 192 The State Hotel Pike Place Market on the walls | 194 Statue of Liberty Plaza A little Lady Liberty watches over Alki Beach | 196 Streissguth Garden Lush hillside with a fairytale story | 198 Suzzallo Library Hogwarts or the University of Washington? | 200 Ted Bundy’s Dormitory A serial killer slept in McMahon Hall | 202 Two Big Blondes Oldest, largest, plus-size resale store | 204 Unicorn & Narwhal Colorful and conjoined carnival-themed bars | 206 Volunteer Park Conservatory Horticultural Heaven | 208 Waterfall Garden Park Pocket park marks the birthplace of UPS | 210 Wedgwood Rock Giant geological souvenir and local landmark | 212 West Boston Staircase 19 scary steps | 214 West Seattle Bridge Saga A busted bridge, a replacement, and a murder | 216 The Wildrose One of the last lesbian bars | 218 Wing Luke Museum The Asian Pacific American experience | 220 Wonderful Whirligigs Artistic energy transforms electric substation | 222 Woodland Park Zoo Gorillas and why zoos now have natural settings | 224 Woody Guthrie’s Legacy A fascist-killing guitar at MoPOP | 226 World Flight Monument The first round-the-world flight started here | 228 Ye Olde Curiosity Shop Century-old shrine to the world’s oddest wonders | 230