111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss

About this book

The ultimate insiders guide to Seattle for locals and experienced travelers Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide Appeals to both the local market (more than 3.7 million people call Seattle home) and the tourist market (more than 40 million people visit Seattle every year!) Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs Seattles first big boom was in 1897 when hundreds of thousands of Stampeders with their hearts set on finding gold in Alaska and Canadas Yukon Territory stopped here to purchase supplies and gear up for prospecting trips up North. Since then the city has fuelled the hopes dreams and imaginations of countless others. Some changed the city skyline the worlds skies the world of art and music and even our coffee cups with their ideas and inventions. Others have left us with some unusual offbeat and truly odd spaces and places. From a coin-operated attraction filled with some of the worlds largest shoes to the worlds greenest commercial building urban old growth forests a haunted staircase and museums dedicated to pinball machines dialysis machines and rubber chickens 111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss is filled with invitations and inspirations for locals and visitors alike to explore the Emerald Citys hidden treasures overlooked gems and charming curiosities. Some of the 111 places here you think you know but will discover from a new angle. Others will be surprises that will encourage you to keep exploring.