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Nicknamed the "Graveyard of the Pacific," Knute Berger digs into the fascinating and dangerous history of the place where the river meets the sea.

From floating feet to a body turned to soap, Knute Berger shares three ghastly mysteries that have happened to people after death. 

From salmon fishing to hydropower, Northwest civilizations have depended on the river for millennia. Knute Berger shares some of their stories.

From frequent breakdowns to lawless chaos, driving in the early 1900s was no easy feat. Knute Berger recounts some of Washington’s best car stories.

Ice, fire and colossal floods: Knute Berger digs into the river's tumultuous geologic history with lessons from Nick on the Rocks’ Nick Zentner.

At a live event, Knute Berger, Stephen Hegg and Nick Zentner discussed Mossback’s Northwest and the 10th season’s focus on the Columbia River.

Sitka trees were key military materiel in both World Wars. Knute Berger shares how the need for wood and the women who harvested it changed logging.

Minoru Yamasaki was among the most influential architects of the 20th century. Knute Berger tells the story.

Environmental activist Polly Dyer teamed up with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in the 1950s to keep a stretch of Washington wild.

Audiences loved the show, but what he sold as “authentic” was anything but. Knute Berger shares how the myth shaped our idea of the frontier.