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 – call it modern Puget Sound mythology.1 year 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.1 year 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.1 year 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’t shy away from the more challenging aspects of Seattle’s history.1 year 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.1 year 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 1963.1 year 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.1 year ago
As Mount Adams quakes, a search for its heart and soul
Seismic activity at Mount Adams – known as Washington’s forgotten mountain -- picked up in September, getting the attention of the rest of the state.1 year 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.1 year 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.1 year ago
Feliks Banel: Summoning Boeing history to help restore the company culture
We caught up with Boeing’s in-house historian, Mike Lombardi, who shared some perspective on the past and how it just might inform the future.1 year 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.1 year 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.1 year 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.1 year 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.1 year 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’s Mexican Kitchen will apparently soon be demolished.1 year 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’s very first corn maze.1 year ago
Feliks Banel: Railroad history conferences in Everett are a metaphorical ‘golden spike’
Two railroad history groups are collaborating and their conferences are actually overlapping at a hotel in Everett.1 year 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 1964.1 year ago
Feliks Banel: Feuding families and overnight campers vie for Sumner’s historic tiles
Nick Biermann contacted KIRO Newsradio earlier this week about an unusual event scheduled to take place on Mon. Sept. 9 at Sumner City Hall.1 year ago
Feliks Banel: Human hands – and ears – help NOAA’s 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.1 year 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.1 year 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.1 year ago
