Feliks Banel

Bricks, sidewalk stamps, old fire hydrants: Most of us walk past these every day without pausing to take a closer look or without giving a second thought.

In August 1925, the centennial of Fort Vancouver's founding was marked with a series of events and a commemorative half-dollar coin from the U.S. Mint.

Seattle area Civil War historian Richard Heisler will lead a free tour of the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Seattle on Thursday.

The peak event of the social season in the town of Wilkeson is back on track for Saturday as the famous hand-car races make their triumphant return.

The Evergreen State Fair in Monroe is returning this summer, as is its mysteriously appealing signature ice cream dessert drink.

The DNA of all private and public land ownership in Washington and Oregon can be traced back 170 years to a monument west of Portland known as the Willamette Stone.

Whenever the US/Canadian border reopens, standing watch over the international crossing on that day, as it has for almost a century, will be the Peace Arch.

A local heritage group is exploring the hidden history and impacts of the “Green Book” – the mid-20th century travel guide for Black motorists.

Discoveries of unmarked graves for Indigenous children in British Columbia and parts of Canada brought new scrutiny to reports of missing and abused kids.

A bipartisan group in Congress introduced a new bill this week that would change the law that nearly led to the sale of Seattle's National Archives.