- The ultimate insider's 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 series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide- Appeals to both the local market (4 million people live in the Seattle Metropolitan area)and the tourist market (more than 34 million people visit Seattle every year!)- Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs- Revised and updated editionSeattle's first big boom was in 1897, when hundreds of thousands of 'Stampeders' with their hearts set on finding gold in Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory stopped here to purchase supplies and gear up for prospecting trips up North. Since then, the city has fueled the hopes, dreams, and imaginations of countless others. Some changed the city skyline, the world's 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 world's largest shoes to the world's 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 City's 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.
Author: Harriet BaskasPublisher: Emons Publishers
Published: 06/28/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.28w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9783740819927
ISBN10: 3740819928
BISAC Categories:-
Travel |
Special Interest | Family-
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United States | Northeast | Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)-
Travel |
Special Interest | SportsAbout the Author
Rachel Mazor is an English teacher in an NYC independent school, where she loves leading students along Holden Caulfield's journey around Manhattan. She enjoys introducing her two children to all of the wonders New York has to offer, but she has a special appreciation for her home borough of Brooklyn. On a hot summer day, she can usually be found cooling her feet at the Splash Pad in Prospect Park. Evan Levy runs fable & lark: storied adventures, which offers interactive museum tours and scavenger hunts inspired by great stories. She loves constantly discovering new parts of New York City, where she lives with her family. She is on a quest to try every kind of donut in the city, no matter how long it might take. www.fableandlark.com
