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The seven original canals of Venice, California, are lost to history – long ago filled in, paved over, and converted into residential streets.
When Spanish explorers first visited the Los Angeles shore in 1542, they named the area the "Bay of the Smoke."
In 1786, a sergeant in the Spanish army sketched what was likely the first map of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles sketched by William Rich Hutton in July 1847 is virtually unrecognizable today.
Its origin story is something of a mystery. Who took the photo, and when?
Once the site of a two-story Victorian house and the original Vons grocery store, the intersection of Figueroa and 7th will soon host the tallest building on the West Coast.
One of science fiction's landmarks has been holding down Los Angeles' water since 1984.
From Anaheim to Catalina Island, Southern California once hosted major-league baseball teams' preseason training camps.
Early photographs of Los Angeles surprise for many reasons, but often what's most striking is how empty the city looks.
The Los Angeles Unified School District Art and Archive Collection houses precious works of art and artifacts that were gifted over the span of 150 years.
What did California mission music sound like? Cal Poly music professor Craig Russell has spent three decades tracking down the answer.