Merci for the Memories, Taix—LA's Incredible Shrinking French Restaurant, Since 1927 Now 93 years old, a stalwart establishment in the Los Angeles community of Echo Park might not make it to 100. And not just because of the c...

A Nearly-Lost French Vineyard Grows in the Glendale Foothills California owes a certain debt to the Spanish for its current existence—and the conquistadors who held a certain fancy for the local indigen...

Photo Essay: A Tunnel Digger's Subterranean Bachelor Pad and Citrus Orchard I chose one of the worst heatwave days of the year to cross Forestiere Underground Gardens in California's Central Valley off my list. ...

Dwelling On the Lost Tropical Paradise of The Beverly Hilton Hotel I've long been fascinated with the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California—for reasons having nothing to do with the Golden Gl...

Photo Essay: The Survivor Cabins of Burbank's Besieged Country Club Drive It wasn't until the 1940s and 50s that most of Burbank, California was developed as a city. But in the 1920s, there was a development up...

Photo Essay: Swanning Echo Park Lake, In the Company of Stolen Lotuses The first time I remember visiting LA's Echo Park Lake, in 2012, I was disappointed to find that it had been emptied the prior year and ...

To Look an Owl in the Eyes This is Newton at the Wildlife Learning Center in Sylmar, just north of LA. He usually stays in a dark, wooden enclosure because he's no...

Adventures on Pico: From a Chili Bowl to An Oil Well Lately I've been retracing what I thought was a familiar route through LA—but finding new aspects of it that I'd never noticed befor...

Välkommen to Highway 99's Turn-of-the-Last Century Swedish Village, Kingsburg I've been to IKEA maybe three times in my life, and I just don't get Americans' fascination with this Swedish brand. It's go...