Places Edited by Sandi Hemmerlein

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.