The Museum of Flight, established in 1965, is a short trip past SoDo to Boeing's headquarters in Renton.

This is a museum that may bore those with short attention spans, but for out-of-towners and Seattleites alike who find something amazing about the sheer engineering genius of the artifacts inside, the Museum of Flight will be sure to please.

The museum houses the only surviving Lockheed M-21 Blackbird, which already makes it one of the coolest places in Seattle.

Along with the Blackbird, on display is a Caproni Ca 20, the world's first fighter plane from WWI; one of five Aerocars, automobiles with detachable wings and propeller; and British Airways Concorde number 214, registration G-BOAG, the only Concorde west of the Appalachians.

The Great Gallery is astounding overall and is home to planes from all over the world, created over the course of a century.

The Museum of Flight was in fact Boeing's original manufacturing plant following the turn of the century, so its historical value can be felt not only in the exhibits but on the ground itself.