Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

The Cadillac Hotel in Pioneer Square holds the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park behind a heavy brick facade topped with a curved cornice. This building served as a gateway for thousands of stampeders rushing north to the Yukon in eighteen ninety-seven. Inside, the exhibits trace the journey from the Seattle docks to the frozen mountain passes. An employee named John Mueller once ran a grocery store here, stocking miners with crates of dried eggs and heavy wool coats before they boarded their steamships.