The late Bill Speidel, author of "Sons of the Profits," a colorful history of Seattle's pioneers (copies available on the tour), launched the Underground Tour in 1965 in a long-forgotten dumping ...

After breakfast, we hopped the monorail from downtown and headed to the Seattle Center, a 74-acre park with numerous attractions, including the Space Needle and the Chihuly museum. Both the ...

Her father Bill Speidel is called “one of the last of a few genuine old-time Seattle characters” on the website for the city’s Underground Tour, which he founded. Speidel’s 2015 artwork ...