Yes it is true, Fairhaven does have an "Underground" Museum.
It is located in the basement of the Fairhaven Pharmacy building. It's curator is one of the former pharmacist there, Gordon Tweit.
The museum is open by appointment only and is a random collection of things Fairhaven, ranging from a large collection of Salmon Cans from the days of Fairhaven's former glory as a cannery town, to old pharmacy products and doctors instruments, to pictures of Fairhaven's past, old stereoscopic slides of the early days of Fairhaven.
It is a fascinating look at some of Fairhaven's past.
The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain are back in Whatcom County,offering walking and sailing tours and mock battles.
A delegation of 15 visitors from Japan will be in Bellingham next week to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bellingham's Sister City relationship with the City of Tateyama, Japan. Tateyama is unknown to tourists, but very well known to citizens of Tokyo, where they escape to in the summer to splash in Tokyo Bay, and stop in the winter to soak in onsen (hot springs) .
The road to Artist point will be opened for the season today Friday, July 18.
Fairhaven is the one of the southside neighborhoods of Bellingham, It was founded in 1880. It is one of Bellinghams most desireable neighborhoods, with its proximity to the water and it's quaint historic district. It features Marine Park with access to the Bay for kayakers and awesome views of the San Juan Islands. 
Fairhaven's beginngs are linked to the legendary "Dirty Dan Harris" who is said to have platted Fairhaven in 1883 and given it a name. At the end of the 1800's, Fairhaven was a booming city where the small town was working growing itiself into the next hub city of the west, hoping to become the nortwest terminus for the railroad . Building was really booming, railroad tracks, commercial buildings, and hotels were all pupping up. When Seattle became the main transportation hub, the residents of Fairhaven were crushed and the city went into a depression for a short period of time. Within 10 years the Pacific American Fisheries, would build the largest structure in the state, a huge cannery to process the area's bountiful salmon. Fairhaven was booming again.
Fairhaven'sold charm comes from it's many old brick buildings remaining from the 1800's. Many of them have been restored and the newer building in the historical district have been built of brick keeping the oldtime character. 
