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L.A.’s Answer to the Yellow Brick Road
A group including the actor Jack Nicholson has tried to get Dirt Mulholland on the National Register of Historic Places
January 30, 2012 |
By Susan Spano
Evolution World Tour: La Brea Tar Pits, California
Just a short drive from the mansions of Beverly Hills lies a site where paleontologists have found over three million fossils
January 01, 2012 |
By Marian Holmes
Best Bets to See a Big Predator
Get your grizzlies, polar bears, big cats, wolves and crocs here
December 30, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
The Most Pungent Prize: Hunting the Truffle
“As a journalist working on a story about truffles, it felt like risky business. There’s a lot of cash flowing around, there’s a black market, and I felt like I was entering a world where I wasn’t wanted”
December 06, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
Books on Bike Perfection and Women’s Bike-Won Freedom
Women's clothing was a problem, and to efficiently ride a bike there was only one thing to do: Take it off
December 01, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
How to Install a 340-ton Work of Art
Michael Heizer waited decades to find the perfect rock for his Levitated Mass, and now he awaits its slow journey from the quarry to an L.A. art museum
November 09, 2011 |
By Michal Lemberger
California’s Disappearing Apple Orchards
In Sonoma County, apple growers battle against the wine industry and cheap Chinese imports
November 02, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
Downtown L.A. Edges Toward Livability
In downtown L.A. the vibe remains edgy, but that's the point
October 10, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
William Faulkner’s Hollywood
William Faulkner fans have more territory to explore than Oxford, Mississippi. The great Southern novelist spent notable years in Los Angeles, where many of his favorite haunts remain
September 16, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
Making Beautiful Art out of Beach Plastic
Artists Judith and Richard Lang comb the California beaches, looking for trash for their captivating, yet unsettling work
July 14, 2011 |
By Jeff Greenwald
Turning Bamboo Into a Bicycle
A cycling entrepreneur has turned to the durable plant as a low-tech and affordable option for building bikes
June 29, 2011 |
By Jeff Greenwald
The Historic Saloons of Central California
Not even rumors of apparitions could stop a group of eager drinking companions from investigating these ghost town bars
June 24, 2011 |
By Matt Kettmann
The California Surf Museum
Learn about the evolution of the surfboard from 1912 through 2008 in this small gallery in Oceanside, California
June 2011 |
By Rodes Fishburne
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
A throwback to the private museums of earlier centuries, this Los Angeles spot has a true hodgepodge of natural history artifacts
June 2011 |
By Tony Perrottet
Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel, Finally Restored
Interior designers spared no detail in bringing this historic lodge back to its luxurious origins
May 24, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
Springtime Splendor in Yosemite
As the winter snows thaw, visitors flock to the popular national park to see frazil ice, moonbows and other seasonal sights
May 24, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
The 1906 San Francisco Quake in Color
Recently discovered photographs depict the aftermath of the devastating California earthquake in a new light
May 2011 |
By Arcynta Ali Childs
The Wildlife of T.C. Boyle's Santa Barbara
The author finds inspiration at the doorstep of his Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house near the central California town
February 2011 |
By T.C. Boyle
Carving Out the Condor Trail
Cartographer Bryan Conant leads the quest to link Big Sur to southern California in the West Coast’s answer to the Appalachian Trail
September 27, 2010 |
By Matt Kettmann
Christo's California Dreamin'
In 1972, artists Christo Jeanne-Claude envisioned building a fence, but it would take a village to make their Running Fence happen
June 2010 |
By Erica R. Hendry
