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A statue of JunÃpero Serra has represented California in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall since 1931, but over the past few decades scholars have come to view the Franciscan priest's mission-building project as a disaster for the state's native inhabi...
Honoring the self-ascribed "Oldest Restaurant in Hollywood" and its role in local literary history.
Lost for decades, several historic landmarks from L.A.'s past will soon reappear thirty miles to the south at the Disney California Adventure theme park in Anaheim.
When a piece of L.A. history disappears, it's often lost forever, but in some rare cases, that history is only hidden, preserved by accident for later generations to rediscover.
Here's how you can use the Highland Park Field Guides to plan a day trip around this wonderful historic neighborhood.
L.A.'s clashing street grids and the errant boulevards that defy them represent a palimpsest of past political and cultural influences on the Los Angeles cityscape.
From the 1850s through the early 1900s, the area now known as Chinatown was home to L.A.'s first barrio.
The Los Angeles River has been designated with two initiatives providing federal resources for revitalizing the Glendale Narrows.
Santa Monica might today be crawling with semi-trailer trucks, cranes, and container ships had a late-19th-century political dispute ended differently.
Showcasing Southern California's comfortable climes was one of the goals of the Rose Parade's founders.
Downtown L.A.'s Second and Third Street tunnels star in countless action movies and car commercials, but other tunnels--now lost to history--served as landmarks for decades.