Scenic Washington

Farmers Markets are the highlight of the spring and summer season in nearly every Washington State community. Plan a trip to visit a farmers market or produce stand and connect with the people who grow the food you eat.

Washington State is perhaps best known for it's largest city, Seattle. The Seattle Center, site of the 1962 World's Fair, is celebrating a 50th anniversary this year. Ride the monorail to Westlake Center to capture the true urban experience.

Travel in Washington State can often yield some surprisingly surreal sights. Dan Klennert's whacky sculpture garden on the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway; the teapot gas station in Zillah; and the famous Maryhill Museum in the Columbia River Gorge.

Washington State lighthouses stand silent vigil over the waters and seafaring vessels they have guarded for a century. The coastline is dotted with these stately pillars, which provide great landmarks from which to visit our many seaside communities.

Washington State's unique geographic and climactic diversity is created in large part by the Cascade Mountain Range that traps the Pacific Ocean's moisture on the green west side, and creates desert plains and near endless sunshine on the east side.