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'The History of World Commerce'
A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Eagle Rock
The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.
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Reggie The Alligator
Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.
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River Under the First Bridge
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
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The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
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Triforium
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
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Riverside Roundabout
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
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Korean Bell of Friendship
This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel
A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.
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Millennium Biltmore Hotel
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
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Los Angeles Zoo Botanical Gardens
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
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Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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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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Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
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La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
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‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
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Clifton's Cafeteria
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
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Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
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Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
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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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Old Zoo Picnic Area
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
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The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
