All Over The Map: Searching for ghostly local myths at Fire Trail Road and Fort Casey
For Halloween 2024, we are doing ghostly local muths or stories about unexplained happenings 鈥� call it modern Puget Sound mythology.6 months ago
‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 4: One theory is friendly fire brought down Flight 293
Episode 4 of "Unsolved Histories," tries to sort fact from fiction in the scuttlebutt that spread after Flight 293 went down.6 months ago
Artifact of airship’s historic visit hidden away at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
It was 100 years ago this week when a giant U.S. Navy airship visited the Puget Sound and the Joint Base Lewis-McChord area.6 months ago
All Over The Map: Jackson Street Jazz Trail and sweet melodies among the sour notes
The Jackson Street Jazz Trail, with the annual Earshot Jazz Festival underway, doesn鈥檛 shy away from the more challenging aspects of Seattle鈥檚 history.6 months ago
‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 3: ‘Jody has always stayed with me’ after 1963 crash
In Episode 3 of 'Unsolved Histories,' more people who lost loved ones on Flight 293 are introduced and we try to understand what happened.6 months ago
‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 2: Finding a haunting memento after the 1963 plane crash
In Episode 2 of "Unsolved Histories," called "The Wreckage," Feliks Banel examines how and why the DC-7C airliner disappeared in 1963.7 months ago
All Over The Map: LiDAR tech reveals ghostly causeway, phantom lake on Eastside
It turns out that LiDAR is also pretty useful for plumbing the depths of recent human history too, including a phantom lake on the Eastside.7 months ago
As Mount Adams quakes, a search for its heart and soul
Seismic activity at Mount Adams 鈥� known as Washington鈥檚 forgotten mountain -- picked up in September, getting the attention of the rest of the state.7 months ago
‘Unsolved Histories’: New podcast examines airliner that crashed after departing Tacoma
"Unsolved Histories: What Happened to Flight 293" is a podcast about three intersecting stories historian Feliks Banel has been investigating.7 months ago
All Over The Map: Unusual seismic activity and twisted name origins of Mount Adams
Mount Adams, the long-dormant volcano in Southwest Washington, recently experienced some unusual seismic activity.7 months ago
Feliks Banel: Summoning Boeing history to help restore the company culture
We caught up with Boeing鈥檚 in-house historian, Mike Lombardi, who shared some perspective on the past and how it just might inform the future.7 months ago
Corn mazes, Sumner plaques, Royer waterfront, and more updates
We have updates of recent All Over the Map stories including corn mazes, Sumner plaques, Mama's Mexican Restaurant, and more.7 months ago
Accumulating miles and stories by walking the history of Seattle
Austin Watson easily covers 10 miles on foot a day, walking different treks to explore the history of Seattle in his retirement.7 months ago
Dan Evans, former Washington governor and US senator, dies at 98
Daniel J. Evans, who served three terms as governor of Washington, has died at the age of 98. The Seattle Times broke the news Saturday.7 months ago
Feliks Banel: Celebration of Seattle around-the-world flight should become annual event
With all the excitement this year, many aviation enthusiasts hope this celebration of the 1924 around-the-world flight happens more often.7 months ago
Toothless Seattle landmark law dooms the old Mama’s in Belltown
The one-story brick building in Belltown that once housed beloved restaurant Mama鈥檚 Mexican Kitchen will apparently soon be demolished.7 months ago
Feliks Banel: The mystery of Washington’s first corn maze
Lend us your ears for a kernel of truth, as we stalk the fields and archives in search of the Evergreen State鈥檚 very first corn maze.8 months ago
Feliks Banel: Railroad history conferences in Everett are a metaphorical 鈥榞olden spike鈥�
Two railroad history groups are collaborating and their conferences are actually overlapping at a hotel in Everett.8 months ago
Eyewitness recounts Beatles’ arrival at Sea-Tac Airport
A gentleman who was born and raised in Seattle read our last Beatles story and got in touch. He was there at Sea-Tac Airport back in 1964.8 months ago
Feliks Banel: Feuding families and overnight campers vie for Sumner鈥檚 historic tiles
Nick Biermann contacted 成人X站 Newsradio earlier this week about an unusual event scheduled to take place on Mon. Sept. 9 at Sumner City Hall.8 months ago
Feliks Banel: Human hands – and ears – help NOAA鈥檚 radio robot get place names right
The NOAA Weather Radio robot voice pronounces the names of local communities correctly because human hands and ears are at work.8 months ago
Cowlitz Convention responsible for splitting Washington from Oregon
Local historians agree that it was probably the Cowlitz Landing convention that was the true source of legislation that created Washington Territory.8 months ago
Update: Hope for saving Holy Rosary Church in Tacoma?
The group was asked by the Seattle Archdiocese to present a proposal for preserving the 104-year-old Holy Rosary Church in Tacoma.8 months ago
