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Tim O'Neil: You're at the original Starbucks location!

Travis Eilerson: Incredible! One of the best art exhibits EVER! Take note of the detail in the landscaping outside

HISTORY: Pike Place Market is home to the first Starbucks, Rachel the Pig, numerous street performers and entertainers, and the Pike Place Fish Market, which features the fish-throwing fishmongers.

HISTORY: Built for the 1962 World Expo, Space Needle distinctive structure, rising 600-plus feet above Seattle Center , has since become Seattle's most famous landmark.

Kristine Gelsano: I doubt I'll ever see a neighborhood sculpture of a troll under a bridge again. People are pretty good about taking turns with photo ops here. Plenty of parking.

American Express: An Amex Travel watch-out: feel free to add your own gum but don’t lean against it!

Torunn Skrogstad: You can't really see the house from the marina unless you step onto private property, but if you carry your giant zoom lens to Gas Works park you can get a good shot from there.

AFAR Media: All the iconic tastes of the Pacific Northwest are here—Dungeness crab, wild salmon, and, of course, oysters. The varieties of the rocky bivalves are reliably fresh—all local and sustainably caught. Read more.