Travel & Outdoors

Get Out

Try This Trail: Soda Peaks Lake

Head south to the site of an old mineral springs resort.

06/25/2013 By Craig Romano

Hotel News

Semiahmoo Resort Is Back with a Buyer

Like Frankenstein's monster but more golfy: The hotel near the border is resurrected after its December closing.

06/21/2013 By Allison Williams

Movie Trip

The State's Best (Okay, Only) Drive-Ins

Put on your bobby socks and take off the convertible top for a summertime drive-in flick—while you still can.

06/20/2013 By Allison Williams

Air Travel

Sea-Tac Airport Is Infested With Bees (On Purpose)

Also at the airport: The TSA reverses decision to allow knives on airplanes again.

06/05/2013 By Allison Williams

Tourist Attraction

Curious Things on Display at Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Here's where to go when you want your mummy.

05/23/2013 By Neal Thompson

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Insider’s Guide to the Seattle Icons You Thought You Knew

Behind-the-scenes secrets of everything from the Space Needle to the Duck Tour. Remind yourself what the city’s 10 million tourists are just finding out—Seattle is full of surprises.

05/22/2013 By Allison Williams

Get Out

Try This Trail: Ingalls Creek

Boot up for a deep valley, a bubbly creek, and maybe even remnants of an old mine.

05/21/2013 By Craig Romano

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Seattle Gets A New Trolley Service

Hop on, hop off: The city has yet another form of transportation, but this one's for tourists.

05/16/2013 By Brianna Lantz and Allison Williams

Hotels

Hotel Ballard Opens, So Let's All Vacation in Ballard

Welcome a luxury property above a gym and right across from King's Hardware.

05/10/2013 By Allison Williams

Unusual Experiences

Portland Hotel Invites Guests to Jog with the Staff

You have to be in pretty decent shape to complain about turndown service while running.

05/09/2013 By Allison Williams

Anniversary

It's 50 Years Since Jim Whittaker Took Everest

Half a century ago, a local boy became the first American on the top of the world.

05/01/2013 By Allison Williams

Hotels

Local Rooms: Hotel 1000

This is where we'll be for the next 1,000 happy hours.

04/25/2013 By Allison Williams

Air Travel

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flies Again

The FAA formally gives the green light to the composite plane—but would you fly in it?

04/25/2013 By Allison Williams

INSIDER'S GUIDE

The Once and Future Waterfront

From Burien to the North End, the Seattle shoreline reveals our rich connection to the landscape, to industry, and to our lives.

04/17/2013

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Eat, Play, and Stay on the Waterfront

Restaurants with views, parks with beaches, and hotel rooms right on the shore—find 43 ways to play on our waterfront.

04/17/2013 By Allison Williams

Island Travel

Whale Watching in the San Juans

Orca tours turn Friday Harbor into a wildlife mecca, even in the off-season.

04/17/2013 By Allison Williams

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Big City, Big Nature

The view from Seattle waterfront designer James Corner

04/17/2013 By Lawrence W. Cheek

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A Walk on the Seattle Waterfront

From Burien to the North End, the Seattle shoreline reveals our rich connection to the landscape, to industry, and to our lives.

04/17/2013 By Lawrence W. Cheek