Old Mt. Rainier Visitor's Center

I was going through some old pictures and I found some from a trip that we'd taken to Mt. Rainier from about ten years ago.

A group of us traveled there for Mark's Birthday Hike and Camping Trip.

I liked the railings, which seemed to be making a Seattle Needle reference, but probably weren't.

The visitor center offered a 360 view.

Mt. Rainier.

From the outside, the visitor's center looked like an Old Star Trek set.

Or maybe someone's remote mountain retreat.

Apparently, the visitor's center has since been demolished -- it was designed for Hawaii, and melting the snow off of the flat parts was prohibitively expensive.