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State legislator John Goldmark became a political target of right-wing extremists in the 1960s. Two decades later, those accusations came to a violent head.

A border conflict between the U.S. and Britain, combined with the ambitions of a future Confederate general, almost turned the Salish Sea into a war zone.

Should the San Juan Islands be on the British or American side of the border? In 1859, the two countries nearly battled over it.

The West's most famous lawman went from gunfighting in Tombstone, Arizona, to opening a gambling parlor in Seattle's Tenderloin neighborhood.

The accomplished actor, athlete and singer was an outspoken leftist, which made him a target of Cold War paranoia.

When the government took his passport, civil rights activist Paul Robeson sang for thousands atop a truck at Blaine's Peace Arch.

The famed explorer Roald Amundsen thrived when times were tough, and they were often tough.

Norwegian Roald Amundsen was perhaps the greatest star of the so-called 'golden age' of Arctic expedition — and he used Seattle as a base camp.

Ahead of midterm elections, the director of our Crosscut/Elway Poll walks us through which issues are driving each party.

The Seattle landmark is best known for its connection to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II — but it has more stories to tell.