Aviation Attractions –all locatedat Paine Field near Everett, WA:

Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour

• Interactive displays & hands-on exhibits demystify the marvel of commercial jet aviation
• Boeing Tour –only tour of a commercial jet assembly plant in North America – see 787 Dreamliners built

Flying Heritage Collection – Rare private collection of Paul G. Allen now open to the public

• Historic 1935-1945 combat aircraft from the U.S., Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan
• “Home of Flying Warbirds” – all aircraft authentically restored, many to flying condition

Historic Flight Restoration Center – private collection of John T. Sessions now open to the public

• The most important aircraft produced 1927 – 1957, all fully restoro flying condition 

Museum of Flight Restoration Center 

• Restoration of vintage aircraft in progress, including 1933 Boeing 247D, the world's first modern passenger airliner, and de Havilland Comet, the world's first passenger jet. 

Cultural Attractions & Heritage Sites

Tulalip Tribes' Hibulb Cultural Center

• Designed to revive, preserve and interpret the history, traditional cultural values and spiritual beliefs of the Tulalip Tribes; showcases their traditional hunting, fishing and gathering lifestyles.

New special exhibit on Coast Salish Canoes – June 2014 through June 2015

Schack Arts Center, Everett – opened April 30-May 1, 2011

• 19,000-square-foot visual arts center encompassing exhibit space, glass art hot shop and cold shop, kiln forming studio, workshops, gallery store

 Imagine Children's Museum, Everett

 Historic town of Snohomish: 1878 Blackman House Museum, Bruning Pottery, Skip Rock Distillery, wineries

 Western Heritage Center, Monroe

• Hands-on, living history museum of the area's early mining, logging, agriculture and railroad industries
• Largest children's museum in Washington State, designed for kids ages 12 months to 12 years
• Playful learning to build kids' thinking, language, physical, social, emotional and creative skills

 Fun & Unusual Discoveries

Serpentarium: The Reptile Zoo, Monroe

• Most extensive collection of reptiles in the Pacific Northwest, including the world's 10 deadliest snakes, albino alligator, two-headed turtle, bearded dragon lizard and rhinoceros iguana

The Outback Kangaroo Farm, Arlington

• Educational tours (March-October) – see and learn about kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, llamas, alpacas, lemurs, pygmy goats, mini-horses, ostriches, emus and three kinds of peacocks

Outdoor Activities

• Jetty Island – sandy beaches, shallow warm water, walking trails, excellent bird-watching and kite-boarding
• Whale watching: gray whales – 40 ft. long, weighing 40 tons – migrate through Puget Sound March to May
• Hot air ballooning, sky diving, glider, plane and helicopter rides at Harvey Airfield, Snohomish
• Scuba diving in Puget Sound, especially at the Edmonds Underwater Park created in 1970 with sunken vessels
• Kayaking, canoeing and boating in Puget Sound and Snohomish River Estuary (“Everett Everglades”)
• River rafting and float trips on the Skykomish, Snohomish, Sauk, and Stillaguamish Rivers
• Hiking, mountain climbing, rock climbing in the Cascade Mts.; waterfall-viewing at 21 photogenic locations
• Walking, jogging and cycling on four designated trail systems ranging from 1.7 to 30 miles