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By Jordan Rane
ON THE WATERFRONT:
Seattle & Vancouver
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Northwest's blue ribbon for dramatic
mountain-and-bay backdrops. Get the obligatory
bird's-eye panorama of the city's neighboring
Olympic Mountains and the North Cascades with its
Puget Sound and hulking Mount Rainier from the
520-foot observation deck of Seattle's landmark
Space Needle (built for the 1962 Seattle World's
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towering Columbia Center — the highest observation
deck in the West.
After exploring downtown's iconic Pike Place
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Frank Gehry-designed EMP Museum, hop a
Washington State Ferry ride across Elliott Bay to
Bainbridge Island for the best quaint offshore isle
village experience within 35 minutes of a big city.
145-MILE BORDER HOP TO …
VANCOUVER is all about picturesque
waterfronts and neighboring mountains,
too. But for an entirely different sort of city-isle
experience, take an Aquabus ferry from downtown
Vancouver to Granville Island. Technically a
peninsula, the former industrial zone turned vibrant
public market space is now a foodie, art and music
epicenter — and home to several spirited late-spring
It's
the world's longest peaceful
international boundary. More
than 5,500 welcoming miles, fl anked by
13 American states, eight Canadian prov-
inces and territories, four Great Lakes
— and some equally inviting towns on
either side.
The most fun way to celebrate such
neighborliness? Grab your passports and
get the best of both worlds with any of
these classic U.S.–Canada border-hop-
ping city matchups.
