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Escaping the Winter Rain: The Most Entertaining Indoor Spots for Kids
A ninja warrior obstacle course with a foam pit landing, a butterfly house kept at 80 degrees specifically because the butterflies “love the humidity,” and a scream room built for exactly the kind of frustration a gray Seattle winter produces — this isn’t a generic “museums and libraries”…
Escaping the Winter Rain: The Most Entertaining Indoor Spots for Adults (Kids at Heart)
A mini golf course watched over by an 11-foot sasquatch sculpture, a hot shop where you can blow your own glass ornament on a lunch break, and America’s first escape room company all sit within a few Seattle neighborhoods of each other — proof that “grown-up rainy day activity” doesn’t have to…
The Biggest Halloween Trick-or-Treat Events for All Ages
A costume parade born during the pandemic, named after a superhero, now draws hundreds of people through Beacon Hill every October — right alongside a haunted house built inside an actual former morgue that’s been rated one of the most theatrical scares in the country.
Seattle’s Full Beer Festival Calendar, Month by Month
Seattle’s beer festival calendar has at least one major event running nearly every month of the year, from a January weird-beer weekend on the Olympic Peninsula to a scorched, several-hundred-pound pumpkin tapped for beer every October.
Every Oktoberfest Worth Visiting Near Seattle
Washington’s biggest Oktoberfest happens in a town built to look like Bavaria year-round — and confusingly, almost none of the region’s Oktoberfests actually happen in October.
Only in October: What You Should Not Miss in Seattle
Thousands of chinook and coho salmon fight their way up Issaquah Creek every October, exactly the kind of thing that doesn’t happen in any other month — one entry on this list that isn’t about timing your visit around a display, it’s about timing your visit around a migration.
9 Coziest Date Ideas in Seattle This October
A couch to share, a fireplace’s worth of ambiance, or just someplace warm and dim — October in Seattle is when the weather does half the romantic work for you, and the trick is picking a spot that leans into it instead of fighting it.
UW Biology Greenhouse: Seattle’s Hidden Campus Rainforest
The UW Biology Greenhouse opens its doors to walk-in visitors twice a week, and most people who’ve lived in Seattle for years have never set foot inside it.
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