The Linda Vista Hospital in Boyle Heights, LA, built in 1904, has a long history and a growing reputation as the most haunted hospital in Los Angeles. The structure was used for many decades as a hospital and was used as a building to suit the needs of employees of the railroad. By 1991, no…
THE WATTS TOWERS IN THE Watts district of Los Angeles, California, are a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). The Towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato (“Sam” or “Simon”) Rodia in his spare time over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to…
Resting place of Hollywood’s immortals is also site of summer film screenings. HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY WAS FOUNDED in 1899 by farmer and businessman Isaac Van Nuys. Originally called Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, the site was one of the first “park-like” cemeteries on the West Coast. It features a lush green landscape, classical architecture, and is listed…
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929. IN 1929, A LANDSLIDE IN San Pedro, California, causing several of the neighborhood’s wood frame homes to tumble into the ocean. At its peak, the land movement was measured at an astounding 11 inches a day. The land that collapsed…
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil. Griffith Park Observatory is the Tesla coil. Its lightning discharges thrill crowds of locals and tourists alike, usually every hour on the hour. The Tesla coil is enclosed in a newly designed alcove for maximum wow factor, and its…
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars. Griffith Park in Los Angeles, you can picnic in a bear grotto and climb inside abandoned monkey cages. If you have ever wondered what you appear like to the animals in the zoo, this abandoned LA zoo is your…
Movie legend John Wayne aka ‘The Duke,’ loved Newport Beach so much that it seems like he may have decided to stick around even after his death. The Wild Goose is the luxury yacht he purchased in 1979, just a few short months before his cancer claimed his life. It seems like he has decided…
Once home to 10,000 people, Bodie boomed in the 1870s and ’80s, when gold was found in the hills surrounding Mono Lake. It’s now a State Historic Park, with some parts of the town preserved in a state of “arrested decay”—tables with place settings, and shops eerily stocked with supplies. It’s not surprising that there are…
