Don’t Fuhgeddaboudit

The Forgotten Black History of Seattle's Mrs. Pizza

Sometimes our collective memory is a few slices short of a pie.

02/26/2026 By Naomi Tomky

Know Your Place

The Livingston Baker Building Has Tales to Tell

The home of the Virginia Inn and Le Pichet has a few skeletons in its closets and ghosts in its walls.

12/23/2025 By Meg van Huygen

Hardhat Days

My Life in the Shipyards

I didn’t expect to be a union ship scaler. But after graduating college in the 1970s, that’s exactly where I found myself.

11/10/2025 By Mike Nolan

Cart Wheels Through Time

A Timeline of Seattle’s Homegrown Supermarket Chains

These Seattle stores were first in line to make history.

09/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky

100 Years of Fortitude

The Very American History That Shaped Town & Country Markets

The family behind Town & Country Markets overcame the Great Depression, Japanese Incarceration with help from their Bainbridge Island community.

09/22/2025 By Naomi Tomky

True Detective

The True Tale of Seattle's Sherlock Holmes

Luke May was a one-man CSI unit who solved crimes in the city’s most tumultuous era. In 1923, one wild case would take him into a world of murder, astrology, and secret codes.

09/09/2025 By Allison Williams

Thirst Trap

Whose Fault Is It That Seattle’s Water Fountains Are Tapped Out?

Elegant, old-school street-style drinking fountains dot the city.

03/26/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Infinite Possibilities

Here Are Some of Our Favorite Round Objects in Seattle

It's Pi Day. Time to embrace irrational content.

03/14/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Know Your Place

Historic Kerry Hall Was Worth Saving

Part of Cornish College of the Arts until last month, the century-old building will return to its original purpose as a theater and arts space.

02/10/2025 By Meg van Huygen

Ghosted

The Haunted History of Washington’s Strangest Gravesite

And the story behind the spirit who lurks there.

10/17/2024 By Bess Lovejoy

Know Your Place

The Many Lives of the Eitel Building

Now a chic downtown hotel, it debuted as one of the city’s first high-rise office buildings.

07/31/2024 By Meg van Huygen

Hunger Signs

5 Restaurant Signs That Tell Seattle’s Story

Beloved bygone dive bars and diners live on in Vanishing Seattle’s new book.

07/29/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Right Angles

Property Watch: A Rare Slice of Capitol Hill History Hits the Market

You could call this famous Lakeview house a wedge issue.

04/30/2024 By Zoe Sayler

Time To...Well, You Know

This Local Company Has Been Making the World's Doughnuts for 101 Years

Auburn-based Belshaw helps companies large and small with machines that cut, fry, frost, fill, and ice.

01/17/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Haunted History

The Toxic Legacy of Seattle’s Lost Cemetery

In 1912, gravediggers unearthed 3,000 bodies along the Duwamish River. What happened next speaks to its status today.

10/26/2023 By Ashli Blow

Asked/Answered

Why Is It Called Capitol Hill?

A story of real estate speculation, creative self-promotion, and one man's failed effort to move the state government to Seattle.

09/18/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Local History

5 Influential Black Seattleites You Should Know About

From a powerhouse vocalist to a game-changing education advocate.

02/10/2023 By Tanvi Srinivasan and Seattle Met Staff

Feature

The Day City Hall Became a Same-Sex Marriage Cathedral

Ten years ago, scores of couples descended on the municipal building after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Washington state. Pictures of the newlyweds went around the world. But their nuptial journeys didn’t end there.

12/05/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Birthdays

Sixty Years Later, PacSci Is Still One Curious Place

The Seattle Center landmark has escaped financial ruin and honed a new model for expanding access by leaning on its principles.

10/20/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Explainer

Historic Times at Garfield High

The first 100 years of the Central District school produced some of our city’s finest figures—and highlighted some of our worst divides.

09/27/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach