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Tales From the Magic Skagit: When One Door Closes…

When it comes to good food, we have an embarrassment of local culinary riches here in the Magic Skagit. While most of my favorite restaurants weathered the pandemic, there was one that survived only to be closed under circumstances I've yet to figure out, but that ultimately don't matter to the hole left in my heart...and my tummy. When one door closes, however, another opens...

Tales From the Magic Skagit: The Lighthouse at Admiralty Head

Since the time of the Civil War until the end of the Second World War, a lighthouse has stood on a strategic bluff overlooking the maritime link between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Puget Sound, serving as both a sentinel and a beacon. This is the story of the Admiralty Head Lighthouse.

Tales From the Magic Skagit: The Legacy of Henry Klein, “Town Architect”

The last exhibit featured by the Skagit County Historical Museum in 2020 — before The Great Pandemic put an end to public gatherings — was on the legacy of Henry Klein, the German-born immigrant who founded the first full-service architectural firm in Skagit County, and whose vision defined a design esthetic that has come to be uniquely associated with the Pacific Northwest, even while its “general practitioner” was to become more modestly hailed as “the town architect.” This is his story.

Tales From the Magic Skagit: Tales from the Crypt

Back when I wrote my original story about the history of Newhalem, I mentioned two places on my suggested walking tour that I had missed during my earlier visit: Ladder Creek Falls Gardens and the crypt of J.D. and Alice Ross. This story makes up for my previous omissions, and adds another layer to the story of Seattle City Light and its famous superintendent.

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