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Fun & Travel in Washington
Features and resources to help tourists and natives explore historic Washington online or on foot.
Cybertours
Interactive maps allow you to take virtual tours of selected communities, historical districts, rivers, and other areas in Washington.
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) -- A Cybertour of Selected Buildings
- Ballard Cybertour
- Burke-Gilman Trail Cybertour
- Cedar River Cybertour
- Century 21 Exposition -- Forward Into the Past!
- Columbia City (Seattle) Cybertour
- Columbia River Cybertour
- Ellensburg Cybertour
- Everett Bayside: A Cybertour
- Harry Tracy: Trail of the Northwest's Last Desperado Cybertour
- Ice Age Floods in Washington: A Cybertour
- International District Cybertour
- Lake Union (Seattle) Cybertour
- Lewis and Clark Expedition in Washington State, 1805-1806: An Illustrated Cybertour
- Olmsted Park Plans for Seattle Cybertour
- Pike Place Market Cybertour
- Pioneer Square Cybertour
- Port Gamble Cybertour
- Port of Seattle Central Waterfront Cybertour
- Queen Anne Hill Cybertour
- South King County Rivers Cybertour
- Tacoma Public Utilities Cybertour
- Tacoma's Historic Downtown -- A Cybertour
- Washington Forest Fires: A Cybertour
Slide Shows
Illustrated "slide shows" of selected communities and historical subjects.
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909 -- A Slide Show of Seattle's First World's Fair
- An Eastside Slide Show: I've Lived Here All My Life
- Bicycle Tree at Snohomish (1890-1927) -- a Slide Show
- Building Seattle -- A Slide Show History of Seattle's Capital Improvement Projects
- Cedar River Education Center -- Slide Show
- Community Scrapbook: East Green Lake, 1888-1909
- Ferry Whistles on Puget Sound: A Slide Show
- HistoryLink.org -- A Slide Show History
- Kingdome: A Slide Show History of its Site, Design, and Construction
- MacDonald, Betty, and Mary Bard: A Slide Show Tour of their King County Homes
- Occidental Hotel: The Rise, Fall, Rise, and Fall of Pioneer Square's Historic Hotel -- A Slide Show Photo Essay
- Play Ball! A Slide Show of the History of Early Baseball in Washington
- Port of Tacoma -- A Slideshow
- Rose Red -- a Film's Seattle Locations
- Sand Point: From Mud Lake to Magnuson Park -- a Slide Show Photo Essay
- Seattle Aquarium Slide Show, Part 1: From Settlement to Cinders, 1841-1899
- Seattle Aquarium Slide Show, Part 2: From the Great Fire to the Great Depression, 1889-1930s
- Seattle Aquarium Slide Show, Part 3: From World War Shipping to a World-Class Aquarium, 1941-present
- Seattle City Light -- Bill Newby Working on the Skagit, 1935-1996 -- a Slide Show Photo Essay
- Seattle City Light -- Walt Sickler on the Line Crew, 1949-1973 -- a Photo Essay Slide Show
- Seattle Public Library -- A Pictorial History of Times and Tomes Past -- Slide Show
- Seattle Rainiers Roll of Honor -- A Slide Show
- Seattle Rainiers, 1938-1964: A Slide Show
- Seattle University, 1891-2001 -- A Slide Show
- Seattle's First Hill: King County courthouse and Harborview Hospital -- A Slide Show
- Seattle's History -- A 10-Minute Slide Show
- Seattle's University District -- a Slide Show of its Early History (1890-1919)
- Tacoma's Salishan Housing Project -- A Slide Show
- Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle: A Slide Show
- The Life of a Tree: From Seed to Finished Product -- A Slide Show
- When Giants Walked Seattle: The 1912 Baseball Season -- A Slide Show
- Wish You Were Here: Historic Postcards and Ephemera from around Washington
- WTO Protests, Seattle, 1999 and 2000: A Slide Show and Archive
Special Features
Seattle Neighborhood History Videos
Brief video histories of selected Seattle neighborhoods written and narrated by HistoryLink.org's Walt Crowley and produced by the Seattle Channel in 2001-2. Presented online by Seattle Public Utilities.
Washington’s Forests
Special essays sponsored by the Washington Forest Protection Association.
A Warp and Two Woofs
Hear the distinctive horns and whistles of Washington’s historic ferries on Puget Sound.
Washington State Rolls of Honor
- Complete roster of Washington residents killed in military service during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War (based on Seattle’s Garden of Remembrance memorial).
- Roster of University of Washington faculty and students killed in military service during World War II (based on UW World War II Memorial).
- Roster of King County residents killed in military service during World War I (based on Des Moines, King County, war memorial).
- Roster of King County public safety officers killed in the line of duty (compiled by HistoryLink.org).
Washington Tourism Links
- Experience Washington, Washington State Office of Tourism
- State and National Historic Landmarks, Washington State Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
- Washington State Parks
- Access Washington
Connect to all Washington State agencies. - Washington State Historical Society & Museum
- King County Landmarks
Visit More Links for more websites on historical and cultural attractions.