Hadley Meares
Hadley Meares is a writer, historian, and singer who traded one Southland (her home state of North Carolina) for another. She is a frequent contributor to Curbed and Atlas Obscura, and leads historical tours all around Los Angeles for Obscura Society LA. Her debut novel, "Absolutely," is now available on Amazon.
Established in 1874, the second ever burial ground in the Valley now has only 13 or 14 gravestones, and volunteers have put in thousands of hours attempting to piece together the true story of the early settlers who are buried here.
At Castle Green, one's imagination is apt to run wild.
Photography exhibition "Country: Portraits of an American Sound" spans the history of modern country music, featuring images of icons Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, and more.
There's a feeling that the party has passed its grandeur at the landmark structure built by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, as the centerpiece of his dream resort on Avalon Bay.
From Jibbs the Chimp actor to Room 8 the cat, over 40,000 animals have been buried here since its opening in 1928.
Not much is left on the northeast corner of First and Broadway where a series of blasts shook downtown Los Angeles to its foundations, dramatically capping off decades of class warfare and labor struggle.
Pictures of Marion Davies were everywhere at the lavish beach retreat built by her longtime love William Randolph Hearst.
At the intersection of Washington and Culver Boulevards rises a brick triangle that looks like a wedge of tawny brown bread, which movie stars, bookies, and bums once called this building a temporary home.
The women and men who created this busy city, who built the movie studios, the hospitals, the charities, the schools, and the industries that make Los Angeles great, are buried in these gently sloping hills.
The Valley hotspot was once the premier club on the West Coast for cowboys, truckers, and country music.
The Gas House in Venice, where "Beatniks beat bongos in the basement," was the scene of countless battles with the "squares."
From the first Korean saint to the first dracula (aka Bela Lugosi), diverse tales of people from many different continents are all united by a single religion at this Culver City cemetery.