PACIFIC

This region includes; Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington.

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'32 Ford Roadster

Was this car among the popular hot rods that raced out at the dry lakes in the 1930s? ...More

3D Cuban Missile Crisis

Did this portable projection screen help save the Free World? ...More

Airstream Caravan

Was this mobile home part of a modern-day wagon train halfway across the world? ...More

Birth Control Box

A Missouri resident recently inherited a number of items that had been in her family for over 130 years, including an unusual wooden box...More

Camp David Letter

Could a box found in a dumpster hold information about the founding of a top-secret Presidential retreat? ...More

Cesar Chavez Banner

A San Francisco woman has heard about a beautiful old banner owned by a local archive that, rumor has it, was carried at the head of the famous Delano Grape Boycott march led by Cesar Chavez in 1966...More

Charlie Parker's Saxophone

A woman owns a beautiful old alto saxophone that belonged to her father, and according to family legend, was once owned by the legendary jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker...More

China Marine Jacket

Can the symbols on this unusual item of clothing identify a marine who may have witnessed a Chinese paradise tumbling into disaster?  ...More

Chinese Poems

In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 250,000 Chinese immigrants attempted to enter the United States...More

Dueling Pistols

A San Francisco bank owns two antique pistols, allegedly used in the last great duel on U.S. soil...More

Dutch Colonial Home

In 1856, the U.S. Army built a fort in Oregon and appointed Lieutenant Philip Sheridan as its head officer...More

Ernie Pyle's Typewriter

Did America’s most beloved battlefront correspondent bang out his dispatches on this Corona 3?...More

First Movie Studio

Lincoln Heights is a quiet neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles located far from the glitz and glamour normally associated with Hollywood...More

Hollywood: Warner's Lighter

A Californian man spends $50 at a flea market on an antique lighter and a piece of Hollywood history...More

Howard Hughes Crash

Was this the instrument that chartered Howard Hughes' near fatal plunge into Beverly Hills?...More

Howard Hughes' Invention

A man in San Jose, California has a letter that he believes will prove his grandfather deserves credit for Howard Hughes' drill bit invention. ...More

Internment Artwork

A San Francisco archive has discovered a set of watercolor paintings of what appears to be a prison camp...More

Isleton Tong

Was this building a safe haven for persecuted immigrants, or a hub for organized crime? ...More

Japanese House

How did an authentic Japanese house become part of the famed San Francisco World's Fair in a time just preceding World War II?...More

John Browns Letters

A woman in Sacramento, California, has reason to believe she may be a relative of John Brown, the 19th-century abolitionist...More

King Kong Camera

A Washington resident owns an old movie camera he believes could have been used to film the original version of 'King Kong'...More

Lost Gold Ship

Environmentalist Gabriel Scott was working in the Copper River Delta near Cordova, Alaska, when he came across the wreckage of an old ship..More

Lou Gehrig Autograph

An Oregon man has a baseball ticket that bears an autograph “Lou Gehrig” and a scribbled date: July 4th, 1939...More

Mail Order Brides

In California, a photograph collector owns four small images of women taken in Chicago in the 1890s. ..More

Mark Twain Watch

An Oregon man, Jack Ainsworth Mills, has a watch that may have been a gift to his grandfather from noted American author, Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain...More

McKinley Casket Flag

A Battle Ground, WA man has a flag which he claims once draped the casket of U.S. President William McKinley...More

Mouse Toy

Popular history has it that Mickey Mouse was born from a drawing sketched on a napkin by Walt Disney during a train ride from New York to Los Angeles in 1928...More

"Pretty Boy" Floyd's Gun

A man owns a vintage Colt automatic handgun, which family legend suggests once belonged to the Depression-era desperado, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd...More

Red Cloud's Peace Pipe

Was this pipe given to a Californian woman's ancestor by the famous warrior Chief Red Cloud?...More

Revolutionary War Poem

The History Detectives arrive in Salem, Oregon to look into the story of a Revolutionary War poem found 25 years ago hiding in an antique trunk...More

Shipwreck Cannons

Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?...More

Society Circus Program

Why are some of New York's wealthiest planning a high society circus at the very depth of the Great Depression? ...More

Snowshoe's Mailbag

While browsing through a Montana antique store, a resident of Modesto, California, discovered an unusual leather satchel...More

Szyk Picture

A Polish-American art collector comes across four striking drawings while browsing an online auction...More

United Empire Loyalist

A Californian college dean comes across a family tree, begun by a deceased aunt, which contains the words "United Empire Loyalist" scribbled alongside several names...More

Wartime Baseball

A Seattle man has a baseball given to him by his father that is autographed by baseball icon Dizzy Dean. ...More