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Local GemPioneer Square Historic District
FreeSeattle's original downtown, all red-brick Victorian architecture, galleries, and the Underground Tour.
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Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
Bill Speidel's Underground Tour is a tour in Seattle, WA, part of the Seattle guide. Cost: $25 to $50.
614 1st Ave · Seattle, WA
Why you should go…
After the 1889 fire, Seattle regraded its streets a full story higher, leaving the original ground-floor storefronts intact but buried below. This 75-minute guided tour walks through those subterranean passages in Pioneer Square while telling the city's rowdier early history.
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