Western Washington Freebie Guide by Author Marques Vickers

The Freebie Travel Guide to Western Washington escorts you to renown but sometimes obscure attractions that are available to savor without the burden of admission fees (unless indicated otherwise). Featured are attractions known to insiders with unconventional tastes that provide legitimate insight into what distinguishes Western Washington. Many of the accompanying stories once made international headline news. Several of the profiles were once known exclusively only to locals.

This guide not only photographs each location, but also provides specific background commentary, addresses and locations where each profile may be accessed. There is no equivalent touring guide that exposes both the aesthetic and gritty in such explicit fashion.

If you are bored by limp and uninspiring travel advice, this guide is ideal for the restless searcher looking for something unique and different. Paranormal activity sometimes accompanies at no extra charge. The Freebie Travel Guide to Western Washington includes:

Scenic, Adventure and Entertainment Sites
Twilight Tree Graveyard of Rialto Beach, Abandoned Cascade Railroad Tunnels, Snoqualmie Falls, Camp Hayden, Ford Ward, Fort Worden, Gas Works Park, Lake Crescent, Sequim Lavender Festival, Pike Place Market, Poulsbo, Life and Death Cycle Sites of Salmon, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and Tumwater Falls.

Historical Oddities
Watergate Figure John Ehrlichman’s Law Practice, Alfred’s Café Mysterious Sightings, Lester Brothel Plane Crash, The Monastery Disco, Old Town Café, People’s Theatre, Pioneer Square’s Totem Pole, Seattle’s Unlucky Thirteenth Police Precinct, Great Seattle Fire of 1889, Edith Macefield Holdout House, Sycamore Square Haunting and Bellingham’s Waterfront Tavern Killer Clientele.

Architectural Wonders and Curiosities
Rainier Square Towers, Amazon Spheres, Arctic Club Building, Cadillac Hotel, Port Townsend, Chamber Bay Monolithic Icons, Space Needle, Smith Tower, Columbia Center Tower, Dexter Horton Building, Flat Iron Building, JM Hotel and Café, LaSalle Hotel, Lou Graham Block, Matilda Winehouse Building, Merchant Café, Seattle Central Library, Seattle Tower, Skagit Hotel, Wayside Chapel and Yesler Hotel.

Murder and Crime
Serial Killer Ted Bundy’s Home and Crime Sites, Green River Killer, Floating Cadaver Fleet of Billy Gohl, Brides of Christ Cult Executions, Attorney Fred Cohen Execution. Pang Frozen Food Fire, Deadly Curse of Jake Bird, HI-Joy Bowling Alley Murder, Kenneth Bianchi, Maurice Clemmons Police Coffeehouse Execution, Incestuous Murder of Sylvia Gaines and Wah Mee Gambling Club Massacre,

Deceased Celebrity Memorials
Bruce and Brandon Lee Gravesite, Jimi Hendrix Memorial, Kurt Cobain’s Suicide House and Layne Staley’s Overdose Apartment

Storied Bridges
Amgen Helix, Aurora, Deception Pass, East 21^st Street, Fremont, Montlake, Rainbow, Tacoma Narrows, Vancouver-Portland, West Seattle and Wishkah River Bridges

Public Artwork
Fremont Troll, Sacred Stone Labyrinth, Tacoma Bridge of Glass, Vessel Installation, Henry Moore’s Vertebrae Sculpture, Olympic Sculpture Park, Rain Forest Gates, Vladimir Lenin’s Statue, Mirall Sculpture, Hat n Boots Statuary, Raymond Iron Cut-Outs and Japanese American Exclusion Memorial.

Cuisine Preparation
Din Tai Fung’s Potstickers and Dumplings Assembly Room and Espresso Vivace Coffee Art