Travel

The Best Whale Watching Sites in Puget Sound You Don’t Need a Boat For

Orca-spotting expert Alisa Lemire Brooks gives us her favorite places to whale watch.

Learn to spot orcas like a pro.

Caroline Craighead

New Bellevue Hotel’s Voyeuristic Glass Showers May Not be for Everyone

W Bellevue’s lake-house motif ensures a vacation vibe—no matter the season.

The W Bellevue’s new center stage is a glass shower.

Nia Martin

Best Northwest Lake Getaways: Lakedale

At this San Juan Island spot, prepare for an experience right out of 'Dirty Dancing.'

The lodge deck overlooking Neva Lake

Jess Thomson

Play Lighthouse Keeper for a Week at Dungeness Spit Lighthouse

Enjoy the simple, serene life on the Olympic Peninsula.

The isolated Dungeness Spit Lighthouse guests get away from it all

Kristen Russell

Scoring a Choice Campsite During Peak Season Just Got Easier

Some new options mean that securing a height-of-the-season campsite is no longer an impossibility.

S’mores? Firewood is ample at the Bogachiel River Campsites near LaPush, set on some 60 acres of property near the slow-flowing river.

Roddy Scheer

Sea-Tac Security Lines Could Soon be Less Awful

A new system could help speed up dreaded airport screening wait times.

Help could be on the way.

Michael Rietmulder

Wild, Weird and Perfectly Normal Solar Eclipse Viewing Options Are Still Available

Whether you're Oregon-bound with your besties or staying in Seattle with the fam, not everything is sold out.

The single greatest show in the Milky Way is coming to Oregon next month. Catch-‘em-while-you-can event tickets surrounding the August 21 solar eclipse have been selling like crazy, as eclipse die-hards gear up for viewing parties. Umbraphiles—that’s latin for “shadow lovers”—from across the country are paying staggering prices for some of the events. In true…

Callie Little

Tiny House Camping is the New Way to Glamp

Meet Leavenworth's new miniature village.

Leavenworth’s Tiny House Village offers a camping experience on a different scale

Max Rose

Best Northwest Lake Getaways: Ross Lake Resort

A stay here is a Washington rite of passage.

Scoring one of the resort’s beloved floating cabins requires planning.

Roddy Scheer

Top Seattle Chef Opening Intimate Walla Walla Wine Country Resort

Chef Jason Wilson is partnering with the founders of El Gaucho and Va Piano Vineyards in a new luxury resort.

Is this gorgeous, or what?

Chelsea Lin

Discover Kelowna BC’s Best-Kept Secrets During Your Next Family Getaway

Kelowna is a Canadian oasis, offering long beaches, world-class wineries and outdoor adventure just an hour direct flight from Seattle. If Seattle’s soggy spring left you and your family craving hotter, drier climates, relief is on the horizon. For around $350, you can fly direct from Seattle/Tacoma to Kelowna in beautiful British Columbia and be…

Jane Robinson

Find a Soulful Retreat Near Lake Chelan

You're more than a visitor in former mining hamlet Holden Village.

Rustic lodging is set among a stunning mountain backdrop in Holden Village

Tim Appelo

Downtown Seattle Will be Crawling With Lamborghinis Tomorrow

Keep an eye out for the parade of 1 percenters during your Friday commute.

Rumor has it new Lambos come with caviar-stuffed glove boxes.

Caroline Craghead