Go Seattle Card - if you plan to see a lot, this is a must have--it gives a discounted admission to over 30 attractions and tours for one price, goseattlecard.com

Seattle Center - home to cultural and educational organizations, festivals, sports teams, and community programs, this site has and extensive list of events, seattlecenter.com

Pike Place Market - a fabulous landmark with hundreds of shops including, butchers, produce vendors, fishmongers (see the famous fish flingers!), artists and craftspeople, souvenir sales, and more, pikeplacemarket.org

Crumpets and Flying Fish - as a follow up to the above site on Pike Place Market, read Kate Hamman's article on eating, staying, and playing in Seattle, SmarterTravel.com

Space Needle - go to the top of this famous bit of the Seattle skyline and get an impressive 360 degree view of the area, spaceneedle.com

Seattle Aquarium - exhibits on salmon, jellyfish, an underwater dome, a touch tank, and marine mammals should give visitors lots to see, seattleaquarium.org

Bill Speidel's Underground Tour - experience a fascinating part of Seattle's history and see what the streets and stores of the past looked like before the modern city was built above, undergroundtour.com

SAM - the Seattle Art Museum encompasses the SAM Downtown, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and the Olympic Sculpture Park; visitors can search for information, exhibitions, programs, maps, etc. seattleartmuseum.org

Seattle Monorail - said to be the first U.S. commercial monorail system linking the downtown to the Seattle Center area, it is a favorite part of the skyline and a good method of transportation! seattlemonorail.com

Woodland Park Zoo - see the Willawong station, a new walk-through aviary, where visitors can feed the birds; the Family Farm; or the Habitat Discovery Loop trail, www.zoo.org