The historic Panama Hotel Tea and Coffee House pays homage to Seattle's Asian immigration boom by perfectly blending elements of the east and west in this classy, immaculate coffee and tea house in the International District. We enter to a hushed atmosphere and tip toe across the gorgeous hardwood floors to the counter, where a very new, but very helpful young barista tries to guide us through the pastry selection, many of which are green-tea inspired confections. more ›

For a man who's been missing for over 30 years, D.B. Cooper sure has been in the news a lot lately. Just last week, we reported that a parachute with possible connections to the mystery had been found in Clark County, Wash. Today, a 36-year-old man in Arkansas—who discovered three bundles of $20 bills on the shores of the Columbia River as an 8-year-old, which were proven to have belonged to Cooper—announced plans to auction off a few of his treasures. Before last week's discovery of Cooper's possible parachute, the deteriorated $20 bills were the only evidence found in the lone unsolved "skyjacking" case. more ›