Just a PSA for people like me who are visiting Aberdeen and think the ship will be where it is…read moremarked on the map. The address is just for the home port of the Lady Washington and it travels around many months out of the year on the West Coast. Don't be like me and drive around the port for 10 minutes looking for a ship that isn't there! You can check https://historicalseaport.org/to see it's current sailing schedule. Would love to see in person one day.

The Lady Washington is a 20th century replica of the original 18th century ship. Chances are that…read moreyou've seen this ship in one of her film appearances: - The Interceptor in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - The Enterprise in Star Trek Generations - Captain Hook's ship on Once Upon a Time While the Star Trek Holodeck Arch is long gone, it was still a thrill to board this tall ship and imagine what nautical travel must have been like in the 18th century when the Lady became the first American ship to make landfall on the West coast of North America & the first American ship to travel to Honolulu and Japan. If you ever get a chance to tour or sail aboard this tall ship do it! "Computer, remove the plank!"

I have seen a couple of Nirvana documentaries of Kurt Cobain's earlier life that show his childhood…read morewhen he lived in this house. While passing through Aberdeen, I decided to do a mini Nirvana pilgrimage and check out the town that Kurt Cobain grew up in. After spending time at Kurt Cobain Memorial Park near Young Street Bridge, I walked over to his childhood home. The house is just around the corner. It has been refurbished and it is gated off. Someone else currently lives here, so all that you can do is take photos from the sidewalk. Cool historic place to check out, especially if you grew up a Nirvana fan like me. But there is not much else to see or do.

Kurt Cobain was born and grew up in the Washington coast harbor town of Aberdeen WA. This is where…read morehe lived from 1968 to 1984. It was purchased by Lee and Danielle Bacon in 2018 from the Cobain family. They paid $225,000...a bargain considering that the cardigan Cobain wore in 1993 on the set of "MTV Unplugged" sold at auction for $334,000. The Bacons have restored the home to appear as it would have while Cobain lived there. At the time of this review, you cannot go inside, but plans are in the works to make private tours available in the near future. Tours will begin about 1.5 miles away at a soon to be opened Nirvana tribute lounge and gallery cafe as zoning does not allow the home to operate as a traditional museum. It's great to see Aberdeen finally beginning to embrace Cobain's contribution to music history. Fans travel great distances from all around the world to find Cobain's beginnings and pay tribute in the town that helped to shape him. Just a few days prior to writing this review, the Aberdeen City Council unanimously voted to make February 20th (Cobain's birthday) Kurt Cobain Day.

Muddy, authentic, light hearted.... Good feel of Aberdeen. Small area...don't slip. Saw a couple…read moreother visitors while we were there

My granddaughter is a big fan so of course we had to visit. It was nice that it's been kept up and…read moreno trash left around. It's in a beautiful residential area.

This is very funny actually. We got to Aberdeen, and wanted to see this historical seaport first…read morething. When driving onto to property- it looks abandoned and you ask "am I in the right place?" There is a sign saying you are with vague directions of where to go. After driving in, it looked like an abandoned junk yard with an overall creepy and unkept vibe. We drove out right away, I was surprised there was a recommendation to go here online.

We had an amazing time on the Lady Washington during a battle sail from Jack London Square in…read moreOakland yesterday. My son (4 yrs) is obsessed with pirates and when I learned about the tall ships coming to our area I figured he might enjoy it. We were originally scheduled to do a sunset sail from San Francisco, but was called and emailed the week before to either book the battle sail from Oakland instead (same day and time, at no additional cost) or rebook for Sunday from SF. We chose the battle sail since it was more convenient for us anyways. The sail itself was really fun and my son had a blast. The crew was incredibly helpful and kind to him, answering his questions and letting him help with things like coiling rope and raising the sails. They had some great stories and explained some of what they did. Thank you to the crew for being so awesome!!

Officially known as the Young Street Bridge (b.1956), Nirvana fans (and even Google maps) consider…read morethis the "Something in the way Bridge" after the song of the same name. The song was released on the 1991 Nirvana album, Nevermind. Kurt Cobain grew up in a home just minutes away and this is the bridge that, during periods of homelessness in his youth, he claimed to have lived underneath. This claim was later countered by Krist Novoselic who co-founded the band Nirvana. He essentially felt it wasn't possible since the Wishkah River is tidal and can rise significantly during the day. After visiting, I believe that, at least for the majority of time, it would have been possible for Kurt to sleep there. Only a very high King Tide could have prevented him from sleeping under the bridge at the upper portion of the river bank. The bridge crosses over the muddy banks of the Wishkah River (memorialized in another Nirvana song) and it was one of Cobain's favorite places to hangout in Aberdeen which is considered to be the birthplace of Grunge music due to Cobain's birth and musical beginnings that took place here. * Note that Kurt Cobain hated the term "Grunge" and was quoted as saying "I have strong feelings towards Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains and bands like that. They're obviously just corporate puppets that are just trying to jump on the alternative bandwagon and we are being lumped into that category." To this day, Nirvana fans from all around the world make the pilgrimage to Aberdeen, WA to pay tribute to Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. If this is important to you, take note that this bridge is sadly slated to be demolished in the next few years and replaced with a new bridge as its "sufficiency rating" is at just 14.71 on a scale of 0 to 100. Portion of "Something in the way" lyrics: Underneath the bridge, tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped, have all become my pets And I'm living off of grass, and the drippings from the ceiling It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings

Lael's Moon Garden is one of the most special nurseries in the Pacific Northwest. The gardens are…read morebeautifully designed and peaceful to walk through, and the plant selection is incredible. They carry an impressive collection of rare and unusual plants, including one of the best selections of Japanese maples I've seen anywhere. What makes this place stand out is that it's not just a nursery--it feels like a botanical garden you can explore. The staff are knowledgeable and clearly care about plants, soil health, and helping people find the right plants for their space. Every visit I discover something new. If you love gardens, rare plants, or Japanese maples, Lael's Moon Garden is absolutely worth the trip.

Everything looks very nice. Worth the adventure. A place for great ideas and the variety is…read moreoutstanding.

NEW Movies on $5 Tuesday! Great fresh hot Popcorn with a free refill on a Large. Free Refill on a…read morelarge Soda! Staff is always friendly and helpful. Theaters and restrooms are clean.

Friendly concession staff, easy parking, good prices, comfy seating and never crowded. See y'all…read moresoon!

One of the best visitor information centers we've been in. In my career I supervised a visitor…read moreinformation center and taught customer service so I'm pretty well-versed. First off, well-signed and easy to find from both directions. Second, easy to read large map of the region out by the front door showing the towns and parks (with simple graphics showing amenities at each park). It's nice that you can get info even after hours. Inside you'll find plenty of brochures for the region to help plan your trip. Finally, but in my opinion, most importantly, they have a wonderful young woman inside who really knows her job. She greeted us warmly when we walked in and came out from behind her desk to help us. She knew every brochure they had and was able to answer our questions. If I were still in this line of work, I'd hire her in a heartbeat. She makes this place what it is!