On a sunny day in Tacoma in 1935, a young Japanese man might wake up in the hotel run by...
Tired of not having anything historically relevant to talk about in Tacoma on Independence Day? We know how you feel....
When Stadium Bowl first opened in 1910 it was a pretty big deal. Theodore Roosevelt visited a year later and had this to say about it:
Have you ever wondered how long it would take nature to reclaim a neighborhood if everyone just got up and left? It’s hard to say how long an average house would last, but if you wiped the neighborhood off the map and left the ground bare, 67 years is, evidently, more than enough time to blend the land back into the surrounding wilderness.
The term “hidden gem” gets thrown around a lot but Salmon Beach really exemplifies it in every way. It’s one of the most wonderful parts of Tacoma and it’s about as hidden as you can get while still being in the city.
"Driving down I-5, feeling kinda witty/Takin' in the sunshine, lookin' at the city" begin the lyrics of a Tacoma Dome song not nearly enough people are aware even exists.
via GIPHY “Hey maybe we should start making a print magazine instead of just the online stuff.” “Yea, good idea....
145 years ago today, the City of Tacoma was officially incorporated. This came only 23 years after the first Euro-American...
For a brief period of time many Tacoma residents experienced the bit of bounce that earned the original Tacoma Narrows...
You’ve seen it on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and murals. You might even have a 24”x36” poster of the original lithograph....
In 1955 Kaiser Aluminum decided there was no better way to promote safety on the job than to have models—in bikinis—demonstrate proper equipment handling.
If Dave Mitzel and his 14-year-old son Brandon get their way, Never Never Land will no longer be a thing...