The oldest building in Renton is the Snoqualmie Falls Power Substation, now home to Renton Area Youth Services. It’s just one of the hidden gems the Renton History Museum’s Youth Advisory Council hopes to share with the public as part of their new blog, “Invisible Places.”

Called RenTeens, the group is led by Colleen Lenahan, museum visitor-experience coordinator.

“For this project, it’s more to kind of raise awareness,” said Lenahan. “I mean not awareness in the political sense, but kind of bring attention to spots around town that they think are interesting places that people don’t know about.”

RenTeens consists of five regular members from Hazen and Renton high schools. The group is still in the early stages of its meetings, but started in March setting goals and brainstorming.

Using the Renton History Museum archives, they are to research their prospective places. But with the blog they can share more personal responses to places around town.

“So the idea really came from them and it’s something they found interesting,” Lenahan said of the teens. “They’re going to visit these places and do research with online or here with our archives and materials in our collection and write blog posts.”

The blog features pictures, history and in the future will have observations and potentially poetry about Renton’s historical and often overlooked places. Next up the group will research and form responses to Liberty Café, in downtown Renton.

RenTeens is open to all teens in the Renton area and the summer session runs through August. The next meeting is noon to 2 p.m., July 19, at the Renton History Museum, 235 Mill Ave. S.