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Knute Berger shares the story of the Northwest's largest river, from its headwaters in Canada to the threat that climate change poses to its watershed.

George Francis Train, an 1800s influencer, once convinced a newspaper to sponsor him on a record-breaking trip around the globe. Knute Berger explains. 

The poles — which are not part of Coast Salish tradition — sparked a mini-culture war in Seattle around Indigenous representation and historic preservation.

Crater Lake wasn’t always a lake. Knute Berger tells the story of when a blast 50 times the size of Mt St. Helens' blanketed the PNW in ash.

Asahel Curtis shot thousands of images in the early 20th century. Knute Berger talks about the effort to share them with the public for the first time.

In the early 20th century, Catherine Montgomery spearheaded a movement to preserve old growth in Washington forests. Knute Berger shares her story.

In 1915, Germany wanted to keep the United States from joining World War I. Knute Berger explains how the fight came to the Northwest.

Still encountering racism in the 'free' states of the West, some Black communities sought the American Dream in Canada.

P-Patches launched a modern agricultural movement in the 1970s, sprouting from a small family farm in Wedgwood.

The North Cascades' bear population thrived in the 19th century, but now almost none are left. Advocates are working to bring them back.