Is tonight the last chance to save Sumner’s historic Ryan House?

All Over The Map: Bob Hope at Fort Lewis

A new exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society about Bob Hope’s devotion to entertaining the troops was all the excuse All Over The Map needed to revisit vintage audio of dusty old jokes recorded at Fort Lewis way back in 1942 during World War II.

Washington’s forgotten ‘Woodstock of the McCarthy Era’

The story of the Peace Arch concert is not very well known outside labor history and music history circles these days, and it wasn’t covered much by the American media at the time.

Voula’s recipe includes tasty food, loyal customers, and even Drake

An old-school diner along the north side of the Ship Canal is still going strong with a distinctive recipe of tasty breakfasts and lunches, family ownership, loyal local customers, and a surprisingly devoted national fan base. It’s also got a fair amount of local history on the menu, which is anoth…

All Over The Map: Where there's a will, there's a Whidbey

As first reported by the Whidbey News Times, the 1833 will of one Joseph Whidbey – a member of Captain Vancouver’s crew when the British explored what’s now Washington waters in 1792 – turned up recently in some old papers in the Land of Lincoln. Feliks Banel has the details in All Over The Map.

How were Pacific, Pend Oreille and Pierce counties named?

All Over The Map: British Columbians divided over loyalties to Mariners or Blue Jays

The Blue Jays – the Mariners’ opponent in the Wild Card playoff series this weekend – may call Toronto home, but they also have a lot of fans out west in Vancouver and in other parts of British Columbia.

The Resident Historian Baseball History Special

To celebrate the Seattle Mariners making the post-season for the first time since 2001, KIRO Newsradio resident historian Feliks Banel presents nine innings of stories from the archives about baseball history in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Go Mariners!

All Over The Map: How were Lincoln, Mason and Okanogan counties named?

Episode number eight of “County Countdown” – a multi-year, thirteen-part All Over The Map series about the place-name origins of Washington counties and county seats – is the #LMAO edition. In this case, “LMAO,” of course, stands for Lincoln, Mason, and Okanogan counties.

Theme songs and earworms – along with a few clunkers – from the music written and recorded for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.

On this episode of The Resident Historian with Feliks Banel: Theme songs, earworms, and a few clunkers from the music recorded for the Seattle World’s Fair. Then, on “All Over The Map,” a new place-name contest for K-12 students in the Evergreen State. And, From The Archives: Seattle’s ill-fated 19…