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Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
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The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Clifton's Cafeteria
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
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The Tonga Hut
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Tiki-Ti
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
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Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
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Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
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The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
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Dennis Hopper Mural
A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.
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The Happy Foot/Sad Foot Sign
A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.
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Marciano Art Foundation
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
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Mel Blanc’s Grave
The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"
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Venice Post Office's Abbot Kinney Mural
An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.
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Peano's Faces of Venice Beach
The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.
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Traffic Circle Gondola
A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.
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Kinney-Tabor House
A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.
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Touch of Venice Mural
A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.
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Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
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Jim Morrison Mural
Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.
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Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
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Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
