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Reflecting on the canyon wonderland's millennia-long history reveals something more complicated and darker.
Some of the first serious studies of threats to coral reefs happened in the Arizona desert.
An oil tycoon invested his fortune in Christian fundamentalism, making Los Angeles a world center of the movement.
Rare photos reveal life in an early-20th-century fire station.
Audiences thronged the rustic camps of the Southern California Chautauqua Assembly each summer. They came to be educated, entertained, and uplifted.
The book looks beyond popular conceptions of the county, now home to more than 3 million people.
California may be famous for its ghost towns, but you don’t have to travel as far north as Gold Country, Death Valley, or even the Mojave to see one. Here are five great lost cities within arm’s reach from L.A., and what to look for when you visit.
"The Master of Suspense" called L.A. home for 41 years. Why did his films never reveal his adopted city?
In 1894, an artificial sun dawned over the San Gabriel Mountains.
For 25-cents, one could see the reptiles up close and personal, even take a ride.
It's one of the few survivors of California's days as the terminal part of the Old West.
Today, you can track down traces of those days before the ratification of the 21st Amendment, without worry of police raids or mob ties or stock market crashes. You just have to know where to look.