During my visit to Snoqualmie Falls, Washington in August 2025, I stopped by the Snoqualmie Falls Gift Shop and Visitors Center where I discovered the best affordable souvenir from this breathtakingly beautiful place.
In a few days, I’ll be returning to the Real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington for the Behind the Badge Event at the North Bend Theatre. In anticipation of my trip, I’m sharing an article from September 1990 about three avid fans who visited the towns where Twin Peaks was filmed. Special thanks to…
Lately, I’ve been sharing vintage postcards of Snoqualmie Falls from my extensive “Real Twin Peaks” collection from Snoqualmie Valley, Washington. In this age of digital communication and social media, modern day postcards are becoming more challenging to find. Yet, there are companies still producing them such as Hi-Way Distributing Corp. of Barberton, Ohio. As part…
This past year, I’ve been presenting postcards from the “Real Twin Peaks” of Snoqualmie Valley, WA. Many of these images feature the beautiful Snoqualmie Falls, a 268-foot waterfall that is seen by more than two-million visitors annually. I recently acquired an postcard printed by Impact Northwest from Woodinville, WA contianing a photo from notable Pacific…
I’ve professed my love of the first 35 minutes of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me on numerous occasions. I’m particularly drawn to the original Fat Trout Trailer Park, which were the first scenes shot on Sept. 4-5, 1991 in Snoqualmie, Washington. The former Riverside Mobile Home Park is long gone but, like a magician,…
The former covered observation deck at Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington only exists in postcards from the past. Constructed in the late 1960s by Puget Sound Power, the viewing area of the majestic 268-foot waterfall makes a small cameo in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. I acquired a postcard containing a photo by Clifford…
To paraphrase Laura Palmer, life is full of mysteries and this story contains an interesting one. As part of my continuously growing postcard collection from the real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington, I discovered this black and white SceneOGraph postcard of the iconic Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie. The challenge is that little to no…
I can’t get enough of vintage Snoqualmie Falls postcards, especially when I learn about a long-forgotten company in the Pacific Northwest. This Plastichrome postcard Smith-Western Co., Inc. of the 268-foot waterfall in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington was taken by Western Ways, an aerial photography company once located in Corvallis, OR-E-GON.
An iconic landmark of Snoqualmie Valley, the 268-foot Snoqualmie Falls in Washington state has been the subject of countless postcards for more than 125 years. I was delighted to find a postcard with a stunning aerial image of the falls and surrounding landscape. I later discovered the photographer was a talented artist who spent decades…
Chances are if you collect postcards like me, you’ll find many cards in your collection by the Smith-Western, Co. based in Tacoma, Washington. A recent acquisition for my collection is an image of Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington taken by photographer Gary Greene.