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Valentine’s Day Underworld Tour – Seattle Things to Do #426

by on February 8, 2012

Some might say that love don’t cost a thing, but in Seattle’s early days it certainly did! Spend Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart on this special Underworld Tour, a guided 60-minute walking tour where you’ll be treated to tales of opium dens, corruption, and good time gals selling love. After the tour, enjoy delicious Theo Chocolates and the included champagne toast in Doc Maynard’s Public House, a beautifully restored (and fully stocked) 1890s saloon. Photographers will be on hand to capture the look of love between you and your honey. Brought to you by the folks that run the Seattle Underground Tour. [click to continue…]

Underworld Tour

New Year’s Eve Underworld Tour & Celebration – Seattle Things to Do #397

by on December 30, 2011

Still haven’t nailed your New Year’s Eve plans? How about spending it in Seattle’s Underworld Tour? [click to continue…]

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Ye Olde Curiousity Shop – Seattle Things to Do #358

by on November 14, 2011

Home of Seattle’s freaky oddities and cheesy gifts, Ye Olde Curiousity Shop is a Seattle waterfront institution. Part museum and part gift shop, this shop has been snaring tourist and locals since 1899.

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Tacoma Museum of Glass – Seattle Things to Do #293

The Pacific Northwest is well-known for it’s collection of glass artists. If contemporary glass art is your thing, there is no better place to experience it than at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. If you are in Seattle, it is well worth the drive to check out this stunning art museum.

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Safeco Field Tours – Seattle Things to Do #234

In case you haven’t noticed, this year’s Seattle Mariners have brought up a batch of young guys from their farm system, and after some stellar pitching and great team play, suddenly find themselves just 1/2 game out of first place almost halfway through the season. With the Mariners winning, the best way to experience Safeco [...]

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Queen of Seattle Paddle Wheel Cruise – Seattle Things to Do #200

There are a variety of cruises on the waters around Seattle, but you can do it in 1890′s Gold Rush style aboard the Queen of Seattle Paddle Wheel Cruise.

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Lake Union Houseboats – Seattle Things to Do #183

A uniquely Seattle form of living immortalized in the movie Sleepless in Seattle, houseboats currently line the shores of Lake Union and Portage Bay. Actually, calling them houseboats is a bit of a misnomer. Most of them are floating homes that are permanently attached to their docks. A true houseboat will have its own means [...]

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Klondike Penny’s Old Time Portrait Studio – Seattle Things to Do #179

Seattle’s early growth was fueled by the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada’s Yukon River Valley, and Pioneer Square was bustling with prospectors and merchants looking to outfit them.

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Seattle Underground Tour – Seattle Things to Do #175

One of Seattle’s best known tourist attractions, the Seattle Underground Tour offers visitors a chance to see the unique, subterranean history of Seattle first hand. Part history lesson and part spelunking, the tour guides you through underground passageways that used to be the first-floor storefronts of downtown Seattle businesses in the late 1800′s.

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Microsoft Visitor Center

Microsoft Visitor Center – Seattle Things to Do #173

If you’ve ever owned or used a personal computer, chances are you’ve used software developed by Microsoft right here in the Seattle area. The titan of the Seattle technology industry is headquartered at their campus in Redmond, Washington, and hosts visitors at the Microsoft Visitor Center.

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Boeing Factory Tour

Future of Flight Boeing Factory Tour – Seattle Things to Do #172

Seattle may be famous for its computer technology and coffee today, but aviation is what built this region. If you’ve ever flown, there is a pretty good chance that your been in a plane constructed by the fine folks of Boeing in Seattle.

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