Seattle Photos -- National Geographic's Ultimate City Guides

Frank Gehry’s Experience Music Project
Photograph by Michael Hipple/hipphoto.com
Dueling architectural icons—the World’s Fair Space Needle and Frank Gehry’s Experience Music Project—fill the Seattle sky.
Downtown Skyline
Photograph by Rich Frishman
As seen from Queen Anne, Seattle scores points as a postcard-perfect metropolis.
The Ballroom
Photograph by Rich Frishman
A late-night (early-morning!) club scene plays out at the Ballroom, not far from the University of Washington, in Fremont.
Dale Chihuly
Photograph by Rich Frishman
World-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly works magic with his team in the Hot Shop.
Waterfall Sculpture
Photograph by Rich Frishman
A waterfall sculpture in rain-blessed Seattle suggests that a cliché can become art.
Downtown Nightlife
Photograph by Rich Frishman
In Seattle, if it’s not coffee, it’s music. This is a lively, you-gotta-love-it town.
Huskymania at University of Washington
Photograph by Rich Frishman
An all-American sausage-grillin’ town, Seattle succumbs to football madness when it’s the Huskies’ turn to play.
Seattle Public Library
Photograph by Krista Rossow
Artful at every turn, a public library escalator shows how Seattle goes from functional and fun as opposed to merely functional.
Fremont Neighborhood
Photograph by Michael Hipple/hipphoto.com
With spiritual roots in the 1960s, the city’s Fremont neighborhood considers itself the “center of the universe.”
Blurred Seattle Skyline
Photograph by Michael Hipple/hipphoto.com
From the Bremerton Ferry, a blurry cityscape of Elliot Bay and downtown Seattle begins to come into focus.