Fun, feisty and infinitely appealing, the market has maintained its earthy egalitarianism while a modern city has grown up around it. An abundance of farm-fresh vegetables, seafood and flowers dazzles the eye and tempts many a traveler to take bags o..

Pays tribute to the ever-changing dynamic of rock'n'roll with a variety of interactive exhibits. Dedicated to rock and other forms of American popular music, it highlights such Seattle artists as Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Frequent live acts are p..

The graceful metal tripod (1962, Victor Steinbrueck & John Graham Jr.) rises 602ft, with a revolving, saucer-like observation room and restaurant beneath its acme. Glass-walled elevators whoosh guests to a gift shop and encircling outdoor deck. Panor..

With more than a dozen structures-from theaters and museums and to an amusement park and sports arena, the 74-acre "campus" of the Seattle Center is bordered by Denny Way, Broad Street, Fifth Avenue, Mercer Street and First Avenue.

Interactive exhibits range from a virtual meteorology center and a hall of robotic dinosaurs to a tropical butterfly house and a "tech zone," outfitted with smart computers that enable visitors to compose music, create art or try virtual ha..

Designed by the Swedish firm Alweg Systems for the World's Fair, the Monorail travels the 1.3mi between Seattle Center and downtown's Westlake Center in under 2min. Some 7,000 passengers a day take advantage of this easy link between downtown and the..

The extensive permanent holdings include porcelains, carved screens and textiles from Korea, Japan and China; African ceremonial masks and headdresses; and Northwest Coast basketry and wood and stone sculpture. Western art, exhibited on the fourth fl..

This facility showcases 19C and 20C representational works by American, French and especially German artists. The galleries, lit by natural light, offer an appealing, intimate space for the quiet appreciation of art. The core collection of Munich Sch..

This Art Moderne museum (1933, Carl Gould) holds more than 7,000 objects of Asian art, only a quarter of them on display at any one time. Among the artifacts exhibited in the quietly meditative space are South Asian Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, 4,00..

The arboretum is largely the legacy of landscape-architect brothers John Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., who laid out its curving roadway and various gardens between 1909 and the early 1930s. Trails lace the preserve, winding past 5,500 differ..

The Henry (1927, Carl Gould) is known for encouraging and exhibiting cutting-edge art. Permanent holdings, which may be stored in favor of temporary exhibitions, focus on 20C movements in French and American art. The contemporary collection includes ..

This fine zoo includes 65 acres of savanna, tundra, marshland, tropical rain forest and other terrain. The largest space is an open African savanna; Asian elephants roam through a Thai village as wolves and elk graze in an Alaskan taiga. John Olmsted..

The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (called the Ballard Locks by locals) and the 8mi Lake Washington Canal were completed in 1917, allowing access from Puget Sound to Lake Union, then on to larger Lake Washington. Behind the visitor center, the Carl S. Eng..

Interactive exhibits re-create the adventure of flight. The steel-and-glass central building contains a diverse collection of aircraft, from early gliders and biplanes to space capsules. One simulator gives visitors a feel for flying and air-traffic ..

This Seattle Art Museum converted this 9-acre industrial site into a free, sculpture garden on the waterfront. Visitors will be treated to views of Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound as well as of works by Calder, Sierra, Nevelson and Oldenburg.

Home to some 380 species of fish, birds, plants, marine invertebrates and mammals native to the Puget Sound area.

Site of Seattle's first permanent settlement, Pioneer Square retains the nostalgic appeal of an older and less refined city. The Pioneer Square National Historic District is surrounded by a modern skyline.

Its permanent exhibit, "The Asian Pacific American Experience," traces their contributions to agriculture, canning, fishing, mining and other industries, as well as detailing family traditions, celebrations and other distinctive aspects tha..

Visitors are welcome to observe the activities of the service, housed on the fourth floor of a government building among the portside hubbub of Elliott Bay. From here you have a working perspective into the complexities of bringing huge ships in and ..

Full-scale displays re-create an 1880s street scene, detail the fishing and maritime industries, recall the influence of the great 1889 fire and subsequent Klondike gold rush, and peer into the worlds of Native Americans and immigrant populations.