Issaquah, Washington

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Issaquah

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Issaquah.

Interstate 405 4 songs Interstate 5 13 songs U.S. Route 101 7 songs

Musical Heritage

Jimi Hendrix's Memorial Dome RoadyGoat

1970

At Greenwood Memorial Park, 350 Monroe Avenue NE in Renton, just southeast of Seattle, lies the grave of Seattle-born guitar revolutionary Jimi Hendrix, who died in London in September 1970 at age 27. For decades he rested under a modest flat marker. In 2002 his remains were moved a short distance to a far grander memorial: a roughly 30-foot granite dome resting on three pearl-gray columns, sheltering the graves of Hendrix and family members. Fans visit year-round, often leaving guitar picks, coins, and flowers, and the memorial draws thousands of pilgrims annually. Hendrix grew up in Seattle and is buried here in his home region, a short detour off Interstate 405.

7.9 mi away

Twin Peaks: Twede's & the Falls RoadyGoat

1990

Two David Lynch landmarks sit minutes apart in the Snoqualmie Valley east of Seattle. Twede's Cafe, at 137 West North Bend Way in North Bend, played the Double R Diner in 'Twin Peaks,' home of 'damn fine coffee' and cherry pie; it was the Mar-T Cafe when Lynch filmed the 1990 pilot and 'Fire Walk With Me.' A few miles north, the show's famous opening-credits waterfall is Snoqualmie Falls, a 268-foot cascade with the Salish Lodge perched at its lip, doubling as the exterior of the show's Great Northern Hotel. Lynch chose the misty valley itself to be the fictional town of Twin Peaks. Fans still pour into Twede's for pie and drive up to the falls overlook to stand where the eerie series began. The coffee really is pretty good.

12.3 mi away

Cobain's Bench, Viretta Park RoadyGoat

1994

Viretta Park, a small 1.8-acre green slope at 151 Lake Washington Boulevard East in Seattle's Denny-Blaine neighborhood, has become the unofficial memorial to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The park sits right next to the home where Cobain died in April 1994. There is no official monument; instead, fans adopted the park's plain wooden benches, covering them with carved messages, lyrics, and tributes. The original benches were sold at auction in 2014, but their replacements quickly drew the same outpouring of graffiti. Fans gather here every April 5th, the anniversary of his death, and on his February 20th birthday, to leave flowers, candles, and notes. The house itself is private and not open to visitors, but the bench has become a quiet pilgrimage spot for grunge fans from around the world.

13.2 mi away

History of Issaquah

Rachel's Apartment RoadyGoat

The Harbor Steps Apartments at 1200 Western Avenue in downtown Seattle stood in for Rachel Keller's home in The Ring (2002), the setting of the film's famous climax where the girl crawls out of the television set. The haunted videotape is fiction; this is a real upscale apartment complex above the waterfront.

14.6 mi away

The Gum Wall, Pike Place RoadyGoat

1993

In Post Alley beneath Pike Place Market, near 1428 Post Alley in Seattle, brick walls are caked in decades of chewed gum, a wad-by-wad mosaic that climbs well overhead. The tradition started in the early 1990s (sources put it around 1991 to 1993) when patrons waiting in line for shows at the Market Theater, home to the improv troupe Unexpected Productions, began sticking their gum to the wall, often topped with a coin. Staff scraped it off twice at first, then gave up and let it become an attraction. It's been steam-cleaned only rarely; a major 2015 cleaning hauled away over a ton of gum, and the wall was fully re-coated within months. It regularly lands on lists of the 'germiest' tourist sites on Earth, which somehow only makes people add more.

14.8 mi away

Canlis RoadyGoat

Peter Canlis opened his restaurant overlooking Lake Union in Seattle in 1950 in a stunning mid-century modern building designed by Roland Terry. The Canlis salad — a romaine salad with codfish, bacon, and a signature dressing — predates the restaurant's reputation for innovation. Now run by the third generation of the Canlis family, it consistently ranks among the best restaurants in America.

16.0 mi away

Snoqualmie Falls: Sacred Cascade and Hydroelectric Pioneer

1899

Snoqualmie Falls, sacred to the Snoqualmie Tribe as the place where the world was created, became the site of one of the first underground hydroelectric plants in the world in 1899.

9.6 mi away

Museum of Flight: Where Aviation History Lives

1965

The Museum of Flight at Boeing Field is the largest private air and space museum in the world, housing over 175 aircraft including the first Air Force One jet and the Concorde.

11.9 mi away

Boeing's Red Barn: Where Aviation Giants Are Born

1916

William Boeing built his first aircraft factory in a converted boathouse on the Duwamish River in 1916, founding what would become the world's largest aerospace company.

12.3 mi away

The Great Seattle Fire: Disaster That Built a City

1889

On June 6, 1889, a glue pot fire in a cabinet shop destroyed 25 city blocks, but Seattle rebuilt in brick and stone, raising the streets by two stories and creating the underground passageways that exist today.

14.5 mi away

Pike Place Market: The Soul of Seattle

1907

Pike Place Market opened in 1907 to let consumers buy directly from farmers, survived a near-demolition in the 1960s, and became Seattle's most iconic landmark — home to the original Starbucks.

14.9 mi away

The Space Needle: Seattle's Atomic Age Icon

1962

Built in 13 months for the 1962 World's Fair, the Space Needle embodied America's Space Age optimism and became the defining symbol of Seattle.

15.4 mi away

Things to Do in Issaquah

food 14.9 mi away
Pike Place Market

They throw fish at you. The original Starbucks is here. Seattle's beating heart since 1907.
food 16.0 mi away
Canlis

Seattle's fine dining temple since 1950. Mid-century modern architecture overlooking Lake Union. The kimchi fried rice is legendary even at these prices.
historical 15.4 mi away
Space Needle

Seattle's 605-foot icon from the 1962 World's Fair. Revolving glass floor at the top.
quirky 16.3 mi away
Fremont Troll

An 18-foot concrete troll clutching a real VW Beetle under a Seattle bridge.

Everything Near Issaquah

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