Seattle
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Seattle is a coastal seaport city in Washington State, and it is the largest city in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest region. Boeing was established north of Seattle as a center for aircraft manufacturing. The city has developed as a technological center in the 1980s, with companies like Amazon, Microsoft and T-Mobile US based in the area . Seattle has a noteworthy musical history. From 1918 to 1951, there were nearly two dozen jazz nightclubs along Jackson Street, from the current Chinatown/International District to the Central District. The jazz scene developed the early careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson and others. Seattle is also the birthplace of rock musician Jimi Hendrix and grunge, the alternative rock style. Bruce Lee¡¯s Museum is located in Seattle, attracting millions of martial art lovers.
Pike Place Market opened August 17, 1907 and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmer¡¯s markets in the United States. Pike Place Market remains one of Seattle¡¯s most popular tourist destinations and sees 10 million visitors annually. Before the creation of Pike Place Market in 1907, it was a place for local Seattle area farmers to sell their goods to the public. Today, it contains a variety of unique shops, family-owned restaurants, fishmongers, and fresh produce.
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair ate 184 m high, 42 m wide, weighing 9,550 tons. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, as strong as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. It also has 25 lightning rods.
The first Starbucks store, Original Starbucks, is established in 1971 at a different location and later moved to Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. The store has kept its original appearance over time and is subject to design guidelines due to its historical significance.[1] The store is considered a tourist attraction and often quite crowded.
The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. University of Washington is rated as one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States. The architecture of the university is a Collegiate Gothic style. This style is best exemplified on the University campus by the early wings of Suzzallo Library, the University's central library.
Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state.
It was established on March 2, 1899, as the fifth national park in the United States. The park encompasses 236,381 acres, including all of Mount Rainier, a 4,392 m stratovolcano. The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 490m to over 4,300 m. Valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest, and more than 25 glaciers surround the peak. The volcano is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow on the peak. Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by 35 miles of glaciers and snowfields. Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume and Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. About 1.8 million people visit Mount Rainier National Park each year. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for climbers. There are around 10,000 attempts per year, and approximately 50% making it to the summit.
6. Gum Wall
The Market Theater Gum Wall is a local landmark in downtown Seattle, in Post Alley under Pike Place Market. Some people create small works of art out of gum. Covered with thousands of pieces of chewing gum, the Gum Wall of Seattle is one of the weirdest tourist attractions in the world.
7. Future of Flight
The Future of Flight Aviation Center is an aviation museum and education center located at the northwest corner of Paine Field in Mukilteo, Washington. It is the starting point for the Boeing Tour, a tour of a portion of Boeing's Everett, Washington production facility in which the models 747, 777 and 787 are built. The Boeing Tour includes the main assembly building, which holds the record in Guinness World Records for the largest building in the world by volume. It is 472 million cu. ft.
8. Seattle Premium Outlets
Seattle Premium Outlets features an upscale collection of over 125 designer names from women's apparel and jewelry to sporting goods including Adidas, Burberry, Coach, Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and more. They also offer an indoor food court with options such as Subway and Qdoba Mexican Grill, as well as the Ram Restaurant. One of the finest outdoor shopping destinations in the area, our mall is conveniently located off I5, (exit 202) in Tulalip, Washington, and is approximately 30 minutes north of Seattle and two hours south of Vancouver, BC.