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Undated color postcard of the Ambassador Hotel
The bullet fired by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968 ultimately killed not just Robert F. Kennedy but also L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel itself.
Los Angeles Plaza Church in stereo (thumbnail)
These 3-D images were the closest many viewers would ever come to glimpsing Los Angeles with their own two eyes.
Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood in March 1938
It was the flood that convinced Southern California to dam and channelize its untrustworthy rivers.
The Firefall (thumbnail)
Park visitors once crowded Yosemite Valley meadows every night to see the stream of red-hot embers fall from Glacier Point.
Great Hall/Long Hall
Plummer Park reveals essential layers in West Hollywood’s history.
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Here are six ghost towns in the Mojave Desert that you can easily visit by car, really see something and maybe even meet some people (though not many).
The Woman's Building, North Spring Street, Los Angeles
Throughout its 18-year run, The Woman’s Building cultivated an experimental space for women from around the world to explore ideas in feminist theory and sexuality through art.
Woollett plan, 1939
More than 30 different plans were created during the 20th century for the L.A. Civic Center.
Jewel's Catch One
The Arlington Heights club is believed to be the first large-scale discotheque in the U.S. to serve the black LGBTQ community.
Black Cat protests, 1967
On Feb. 11, 1967, a demonstration against an LAPD raid on the Black Cat bar in Silver Lake made LGBTQ history.
The Magic Washer (thumbnail)
The idea of "closing America’s gates" got its start in xenophobic 19th-century California.
The Long Beach Pike, 1910
The Pike was one of Southern California's largest playgrounds by the sea.
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