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Visit Hollywood Forever, Evergreen and Forest Lawn, where L.A. reinvented the cemetery.

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The hiker-activists who led Angelenos into their hills and onto the trails.

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How Filipino Americans in Southern California are making their heritage more visible.

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Iconic fast-food chains from McDonald’s to Taco Bell were born in SoCal.

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In-N-Out's first burger stand on Route 66 may have given birth to today's drive-thru.

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Double hamburgers, Googie architecture and classic cars at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, CA.

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Taco Bell and Del Taco can trace their fast food origins to Mitla Café in San Bernardino.

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Attention-grabbing, eye-catching designs turned architecture into roadside advertising.

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McDonald's evolved from a car-hop drive-in in San Bernardino to a global fast food giant.

The early days of the movies in Los Angeles inadvertently allowed visitors to experience the largest collection of animals in the western United States. When animals weren't appearing in a movie, they were rented out to other film companies, performed for studio visitors, or in the case of filmmaker William Selig's collection — an opportunity to create one of Los Angeles' first zoos.