You can tour the Floating Homes on Lake Union! You’ve seen them from a Duck and now you can tour 12 of these private residences, each with its own fascinating history, architecture and art! These unique homes evoke the uncommon lifestyle of their floating inhabitants who share a love of water, boats and wildlife and once a year, 12 are available to tour! Seattle Floating Homes Tour – September 9th, 12-5pm! Photo: Seattle Floating Homes...
Learn MoreDid you know that SkyCity Restaurant, nestled atop the Space Needle, is one of the very first revolving restaurants in the world? You might think it’s got a Hemi, but the motor that revolves SkyCity has the highest gear ratio in the world – 360,000 to 1! It’s so perfectly balanced the motor needed to spin it has only 1.5 horsepower, about the same as an average household garbage disposal! Photo: Ben...
Learn MoreWhile martial art king Bruce Lee was originally from Hong Kong, he moved to Seattle as a kid and eventually attended UW, where he earned a degree in philosophy! You may not be able to Kung-Fu like he could, but you could still join the Wing Luke Asian Museum for a screening of one of his masterpieces! The free outdoor film series began on Saturday, and continues August 18th at dusk at Hing Hay Park in the Chinatown/International District with Way of the Dragon! Photo:...
Learn MoreCenturyLink Field has established itself as the loudest stadium in the NFL thanks to the amazing 12th Man! On game day, 70,000 screaming fans produce 112 dB of volume – as much noise as a Boeing 747! Saturday, August 11th, was the first Seattle Seahawks game and CenturyLink field definitely made some noise as the Seahawks won 27-17 against the Tennessee Titans! Seattle rallied late in the game to beat our ex-QB Matt Hasselbeck and local University of Washington star quarterback Jake Locker! Check out the Seahawks schedule here. Photo: West Coast...
Learn MoreYou’ve probably seen this famous photo of the Beatles, but did you know it was taken at The Edgewater in Seattle during Beatle-mania in 1964? They had to build a huge fence with barbed wire around to the hotel to keep out the screaming fans! Even still, Harbor Patrol was pulling swimmers out of the (cold!)...
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