The stories of King County, WA
162 narrated audio stories from across King County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Lake Union
Lake Union’s Floating Homes, Before and After the Movies
How working homes on the water became a Seattle screen icon.
Fort Worden Historical State Park
Guns Above the Water
How Seattle imagined defending Puget Sound from the sea.
Seattle
When Seattle Was Still Becoming Seattle
A film that caught a local scene at the exact moment it went national.
Seattle
How Seattle Nightlife Reached Federal Court
A family business, a city fight, and a racketeering case.
Seattle
The Neighborhood That Hid a War Factory
How a fake suburb helped conceal Boeing Plant 2 during World War II.
Seattle
When Writers Became a Main Stage in Seattle
How Seattle Arts & Lectures turned live literature into a citywide event.
Seattle
The Single That Hit Like a Seattle Shockwave
How Mudhoney’s early roar helped define Seattle grunge.
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
Where Salmon Slip Past the Ballard Locks
A working lock complex where boats climb and salmon keep moving.
Seattle
How David Wagoner Helped Shape Seattle’s Literary Voice
A poet, teacher, and editor becomes a lasting Seattle literary force.
Seattle
Before the Boom, Seattle Walked Into the Frame
How one film captured Seattle’s rock scene before it became mythology.
Elliott Bay Book Company
Where Seattle Went to Hear Books Breathe
How a bookstore became a literary gathering place across two Seattle neighborhoods.
Seattle
Bertha Knight Landes and Seattle’s Reform Moment
How civic work and reform politics carried Bertha Knight Landes to Seattle’s highest office.
Washington Hall
A Hall Built for One Community, Opened to Many
How a Danish social hall became a Central District gathering place.
Seattle
When Seattle Recalled Its Open-Town Mayor
A city tested vice, power, and public patience.
Hugo House
Seattle Built a House for Writers
How Seattle gave writers a home and named it for Richard Hugo.
Seattle
When Roethke Taught in Seattle
A celebrated poet became unforgettable in the classroom.
Seattle
Before the Novels, Seattle
How Tom Robbins’s Seattle years shaped the writer he became.
The Museum of Flight
Where Seattle Learned to Build the Sky
A kid-sized way into Seattle’s Boeing aviation story.
Center for Global Infectious Disease Research
A Global Fight, Built in Seattle Labs
How Seattle BioMed turned local laboratories toward global infectious disease.
Discovery Park
From Bluff Guns to Troop Ships
A military post above Puget Sound changed with the wars it was built to serve.
Seattle
How Murray Morgan Gave Seattle Its Rough-Edged Memory
A journalist turned Seattle’s muddy beginnings into living history.
Seattle
The Kid Who Gave Seattle Its Swagger
How Ken Griffey Jr. became the heartbeat of the Mariners in the 1990s.
Seattle
Before Seattle Was Grunge’s Capital
How Nirvana’s first steps helped turn a regional sound into a city’s identity.
Butterworth Building
Where a Seattle Pub Meets the Ghost Circuit
Why Kells draws crowds looking for both dinner and a chill.
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