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| Burlington Tour guide |
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Burlington chamber of commerce
All the
information about Burlington City |
VR
Seattle
TONS of interactive 360
degree views of various Seattle locations. VERY
COOL!
Seattle Virtual Tour
A
virtual tour of the city, and other Helpful visitor info.
UTour
Find 360 degree,
navigable panoramic views of many of Seattle's popular
attractions with information and still shots also
available.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Visitors'
Guide
Find festivals, free
entertainment, restaraunts, beaches, everything Seattle has to
offer.
SeattleCenter.com
A
complete guide to Seattle Center, including events,
attractions, & map.
A Walk Through the Garden
A virtual tour through the beautiful gardens at
University of Washington.
Seattle
Sidewalk
A guide to the happenings,
attractions, and local businesses of Seattle.
Beautiful Seattle
You
can find anything related to Seattle at this
site.
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| Pictures |
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Northwest Media Photo Gallery
Some VERY beautiful pictures of the Seattle area
& the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Picture Gallery
More than 100 pictures of the Seattle
area.
My Own Seattle Picture Gallery
Pictures I took of Seattle and surrounding areas
in 1996. Just started building this page in late August '99 -
so parts are under construction.
Frostpaw's Seattle photo gallery
Pictures of the space needle, & other sights
around Seattle. Some in black & white.
Seattle PictureBox tour and screensaver
Themed picture tours of the
Seattle area and screen savers.
William Chan's Washington Photos
Pictures from Washington (including Rainier,
Olympic, and Skagit Valley) and from other Pacific
Northwestern states. These photos are
copyrighted.
Huntoon
Photography
Commercial photographs
of the natural beauty of the Pacific
Northwest.
Great Northwest
Photography Gallery
Commercial
photos- Mostly Seattle, but strectching from Vancouver, B.C.
to San Francisco.
John G.
Willbanks Photography
Another
commercial site with beautiful pictures of the
area.
PhotoVault
Beautiful
professional photos of Seattle and Washington
State.
Seattle Stock Photography
Stock photos of Space Needle, the downtown
skyline, waterfront, parks, marinas and many other Seattle
locations.
Seattle Bookmarks: Photography
Links to many more Seattle photo
sites.
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| Live Web Cams |
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Mar Queen Hotel Needle Cam
Live view of the Space Needle. This one updates
every couple of seconds & change views about every couple
of minutes. You can actually watch the clouds float by on this
one.
Frostpaw's Space
Needle cam
Live cam pointing at the
space needle, also a collage of other Seattle web cams,
panoramic views of the city in the day and the night, and a
Photo Gallery.
Loft
Cam
Very nice live pictures of Puget
Sound. You can also look at pictures archived throughout the
day, movies, and pictures of the Kalakala.
WSDOT Traffic Cams
More than 90 live cameras in Seattle, Bellevue,
Tacoma, Snoqualmie and surrounding areas.
Lake Union Cam
Live
cams Lake Union in Seattle - COMING SOON.
Bridge Cam
Located in
the Fishermen's Terminal with a view of the Ballard Draw
Bridge, Ship Canal, and the Fishermen's
Memorial.
Queen Anne Tower Cam
KIRO's live cam on the Queen Anne Tower, looking
over downtown Seattle.
Eye of the Needle
KIRO's live cam looking over downtown
Seattle.
Downtown
Seattle
Multiple
Cams
Turner Construction Cam
Another
construction cam of the new stadium.
Sea-Tac Cam
KIRO's
live cam from Sea-Tac airport.
University of Washington
Live cam positioned over UW's Red Square. Also,
archived shots and movies.
Orca Cam
Changing
views of the waters off San Juan Island where the resident
whale community is often seen. Beautiful!
The Market Cam
Live
view Pike Place Public Market at 1st &
Pike.
Friday Harbor Cam
Live
cams at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.
Ferry Cam
Check out
ferries of several locations or take a virtual ferry
ride.
Rosario Resort Cam
Live cams Rosario Resort located on East Sound -
Orcas Island.
Roche Harbor Cam
Roche
Harbor - San Juan Island.
Fisherman Bay Cam Cam
Fisherman Bay - Lopez Island.
Highrise Webcam
Interesting view of a highrise apt bldg and the
Space Needle.
Bainbridge
Island Ferrycam
An up to the minute
look at the entrance to the Winslow ferry on Bainbridge Island
to Seattle.
Bob's Deck Cam
Overlooking Lake Washington and Renton municipal
airport.
Rainier
Cam
Pointed toward Mt Rainier from
the famous Pike Place Market. Not the best quality, but it's
another view.
SammamiCam
View of the
nearby Lake Sammamish.
Crystal Mountain Cam
Another view of Mt Rainier. This one from the
Crystal Mtn Resort.
KoastCam Renton
View
Varies. Mounted at the top of a tower located on the SE corner
of Lake Washington, views include Cities of Renton, Kent,
Seatac, the areas of Skyline, Rainier Beach, Mercer Island,
Lake Washington, downtown Seattle, Puget Sound & the
Olympic Mountains.
Stadium
Construction Cam
Live construction
cam of Seattle's new football/soccer stadium and pictures and
movies of the Kingdome implosion.
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Seattle Center
Attractions:
Space
Needle
The webpage of Seattle's most
famous attraction.
Space Needle - World's Fair
1962
See what the Needle
looked like the year it was built. It wasn't always white...
it WAS orange and yellow. OOO-WEE!
Pacific Science Center
Exhibits, planetarium, IMAX, laser shows, and
don't forget to see the naked
mole-rats.
Experience Music
Project
Rock-n-Roll
Museum.
International Fountain
A gaint fountain to relax at and take in some
music, & watch the seagulls fight over a pile of spilled
popcorn, or run around it and take your chances on getting wet
during one of it's shows.
Waterfront
attractions:
Seattle Aquarium
Underwater dome, animal exhibits, hands-on
activities, IMAX Omnidome 180 degree screen &
more.
Victoria
Clipper
Take a day cruise to the San
Juan Islands, and maybe take in some whale
watching.
Whale
Watching
Catch a whale watching tour
with the Mosquito Fleet.
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop - Pier 54
Looking for fun & weird? Try Ye Olde
Curiosity Shop. Not just any souvenier shop, but also a museum
of oddities like a siamese twin calf, fleas in dresses, entire
paintings on the heads of pins, and the Lord's Prayer engraved
on a grain of rice.
Other
Attractions:
Columbia Seafirst Center 73rd Floor Observation
Deck
Seattle's highest
outlook.
Discovery Park
543
acre park including sea cliffs, thickets, 2 miles of tidal
beaches, meadows, forest groves, active sand dunes, streams
and mountain views.
Park & Recreation
Parks, gardens, zoos, aquariums, trails &
more.
More Park & Recreation info
Parks, gardens, beaches, activities
&more.
Frye Art
Museum
Admission is FREE. Has
European and American art of the 19th & 20th centuries and
a collection of local art of the Pacific
Northwest.
Pike
Place Market
This place is amazing!
One of Seattle's most popular attractions. Shop for produce
& handmade items, be entertained by street performers, and
don't forget to duck the low flying fish at the famous pike
place fish market.
Fremont
Troll
Here's another weird one. The
Fremont Troll. A gaint sculpture of a troll holding a VW bug
built under the Aurora Avenue bridge. Fun photo
opportunity.
Museum of
Flight
Contains a large collection
of historic aircraft.
Boeing Everett Factory Tour
Watch the world's largest commercial planes being
built in the world's biggest building.
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
Narrarated tours by tram. Over 400
acres.
Ride the Ducks
Ride an
amphibious landing craft used by the United States Army during
World War II. Tour Seattle by land and by sea. Sites include
Downtown Seattle, Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, along the
harbor, funky Fremont, and then splash into Lake Union where
you?ll tour Portage Bay and see Seattle?s lovely
houseboats!
The Underground Tour
In 1889, Seattle had a great fire. When the city
began to rebuild, they decided to raise the street level to
above the 1st story of buildings that already existed, which
created an "underground city".
Tillicum
Village
Blake Island Native American
experience including authentic food, dance, and
art.
Ballard Locks
Watch
the boats travel through the locks and salmon climb the fish
ladders or visit the beautiful botanical
garden.
Fishermen's Terminal
Visitors can stroll the retail shops including a
seafood market, a gift shop, a nautical supply store, a tavern
and a restaraunt, Chinook's, with quite a seafood
menu.
Mt. St. Helens
History, live pictures, seismic info, 1980
eruption & more.
Washington Lighthouses
Washington Wineries
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Parking downtown can be
expensive. You may want to consider some of the many public
transportation options Seattle has to
offer...
Bus
Schedules
Including the FREE
ride area of downtown.
Bus Tunnels
Bus tunnel
stations are all in the free ride area.
The Waterfront Streetcar
If you want to take in some of the sights on the
waterfront and in Pioneer Square, the streetcar is the perfect
way to get around.
The
Monorail
Runs between Seattle Center
(across from the Space Needle) & Westlake Center (Fifth
and Pine Street).
Ferry
Schedules
Buses to SEATAC
Take a
bus to and from the airport, or park & ride to avoid airport
traffic.
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Seattle Weather - Weather Channel
Seattle Weather - USA Today
MapQuest & MapBlast
Find your way around with these
two interactive mapping sites.
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| Pacific Northwest Native American
Art |
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Pacific Northwest Native American
Art
Explains the colors & shapes
used in the art, also a gallery.
Raven Tales
Tells the
stories of the animals used in the totem
poles.
Art of
Alaska and the Pacific Northwest Coast
Totem and Wildlife art and stories of the Pacific
Northwest. Haida, Tlingit, Kwakuitl, Salish, and Bella
Coola.
ROBERT DAVIDSON Haida Printmaker
Probably the best artist of the Northwest Coast
style.
Quintana Galleries
Masks, Totems, Panels & Boxes, Rattles &
Bowls, Prints and more of the Northwest
Coast.
Westward Studio
Tons
of Northwest Aboriginal art.
Hill's Native Art
North America's largest Northwest Coast native
art gallery.
Northernwood Arts
Pacific Northwest Coast Native Indian Artists and
their work.
Grand Hall
Art and
culture of the Tsimshian, Haida, Nuxalk (Bella Coola), Central
Coast, Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka), and Coast Salish
peoples.
U'Mista Cultural
Centre
Art and
culture.
Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver
Inuit and exceptional
Northwest Coast Native art.
Nativewoodart.com
Carved wood Totems, Doors, Plaques,
Paddles.
Tlingit
Carver Israel Shotridge
The
traditional and contemporary Tlingit art of Israel
Shotridge.
Native Artists and Arts of Ye Olde Curiosity
Shop
Info about masks & totem
poles and their legends. Also, local artists and their work
available for purchase.
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