History

If you LOVE to travel or have yet to do so but the passion is there. Have you thought about a career within the travel industry? When I graduated from YVC in 2003 with my AA I had no idea what I wanted to do for my career but I had two years left to play softball...

This list is sure to create some controversy as I'm sure I'll accidentally leave a well designed building off the list. My apologies to anyone who feels slighted but these are the coolest buildings in Yakima from my perspective as someone who has lived here for a year and a half...

Over the weekend I stopped by an estate sale on Snowmountain Road and saw the coolest thing in the basement: a miniature railroad patterned after the Moxee Toppenish and Western.
As you can see from the photos below, the former owner must have had well over 100 different cars, railroad crossings, sta…

History’s Vikings famously ditches the classic helmet imagery, but did you know the concept of filthy, horned raiders was historically inaccurate anyway? Or that the Travis Fimmel series pays homage to classic Norse myth in its titles? Sharpen your axes and fill your flagons, and let the 24th…

I tried doing a jump once on my dirt bike way back in the day. It didn't work out like I wanted it to. I did do a flip and sure wish I would have got it on video. I didn't mean to do it but it happened. HA Josh Sheehan meant to do it.

Washington became the 42nd state in the Union on this day in 1889.

It's getting closer to Christmas and that night time trip around the world from that jolly ole' elf!

With Flag Day being on June 15th.  Here is a little History and How to display and celebrate the day.
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885...

The history of April Fools’ Day is murky, but most experts agree the origins date back to 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582, and New Year’s Day was officially moved from April 1st to January …