Afterglow Vista, Mausoleum in San Juan County, Washington, United States

Afterglow Vista is an open-air rotunda mausoleum in a wooded area near Roche Harbor, reached by a trail through gates inscribed "Afterglow Vista". Its center is a limestone table surrounded by stone chairs whose hollow niches hold the cremated ashes of the McMillin family, with names inscribed on the chair backs. Six columns stand around the table, plus one intentionally broken column.

John S. McMillin, born in Indiana in 1855, moved to Washington Territory in 1884 and became owner of the Tacoma and Roche Harbor Lime Company. He ordered the mausoleum six years before his death; construction was completed in 1936, the year he died, at a cost of $30,000. His wife Louella Hiett, sons John Hiett, Fred Hiett and Paul Hiett, and daughter Dorothy Hiett are interred there, along with employee Adah Beeny.

The six columns and one deliberately broken column carry Masonic meaning: the broken shaft stands for a life cut short or unfinished work. The steps to the table represent stages of life, architectural orders, the human senses and the liberal arts. The Sigma Chi fraternity, whose first Grand Consul was John S. McMillin, maintains the site.

The site is accessed via Afterglow Drive, with a marked woodland trail leading from the parking area to the mausoleum. The walk is short and straightforward, making it accessible for most visitors regardless of fitness level.

The six columns around the table stand for the stages of life, architectural orders, the human senses and the liberal arts, while the seventh is broken to say that death breaks any man's life. The Sigma Chi fraternity, whose first Grand Consul McMillin was, still monitors the mausoleum's care.