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Mission bells along Highway 101 imply that motorists' tires trace the same path as missionaries' sandals. But much of El Camino Real's story is imagined.
As in San Francisco today, cable cars once plied L.A.'s streets.
Every November beginning in 1928, elaborate holiday decorations transformed Hollywood Boulevard into Santa Claus Lane.
A 1909 illustration reveals grand plans for the L.A. River.
Bullock's Wilshire was the showpiece of the Bullock's department store chain, and the tea room was the crown jewel.
This month, Manhattan Beach celebrates its centennial. Known for its lively seaside promenade, the Strand, and for its associations with surf culture, the city has its origins as a coastal resort built atop shifting sand dunes of the South Bay.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is getting a new permanent exhibition ready. It will help us understand how we became Los Angeles.
Public transportation made its L.A. debut in 1873 with a horse-drawn omnibus.
After a long history on downtown's Skid Row, The King Eddy Saloon closes its doors on December 16th.
Southern Californians have long maintained a complicated relationship with the Santa Ana River, accepting its life-giving water but fearing its wrath.
A veteran bartender explains the history of Venice's oldest bar.