The North Carolina State Capitol was completed in 1840 and now houses the governor's office; Raleigh is the second largest city in the state after Charlotte and has a population of 450,000 by VagabondCowboy Star this if you like it!
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- 5 December 2017
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The highlight of 230 acre Washington Park Arboretum is the Japanese Garden; Greater Seattle is home to 10 Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon, Costco, Microsoft, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Alaska Airlines, and Expedia
Looking south from the Sky View Observatory at Columbia Center you see Lumen Field where the Seahawks play football and the Sounders play soccer and at the top is T-Mobile Field where the Mariners play baseball
The Ballard Locks carry more boat traffic than any other lock in the US, and the locks, along with the fish ladder and the Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens, attract 1+ million visitors annually, making it one of Seattle's top tourist attractions
Despitethe rain, Seattleites buy more sunglasses than people in any other city in the world; cities like Houston, NYC, Atlanta and Boston get more rainf each year than Seattle does (it drizzles often here but the city only gets 38 inches of rain annually)
Started in 1907, Pike Place Market is the oldest farmer’s market still operating in the US; one of the market’s claims to fame is its fishmongers, who throw massive salmon to each other, much to the delight of tourists
