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George Geary

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Former Pastry Chef, Author of 15 books, Frommer's Tour Guide Award, I travel to the South of France and conduct annual Culinary Tours. I have traveled to 118 countries when I worked on Holland America Ships as a Guest Lecturer on Foods and Recipe Development.
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Angelus Temple

Los Angeles, California

Angelus Temple

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange

Los Angeles, California

Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Helios House

Los Angeles, California

Helios House

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Millennium Biltmore Hotel

Los Angeles, California

Millennium Biltmore Hotel

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Hollywood Heritage Museum

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Heritage Museum

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn

Los Angeles, California

Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

One of the more unique passageways to drive your car through.

Los Angeles, California

Binoculars Building

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

The Music Box Steps today.

Los Angeles, California

The Music Box Steps

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

La Brea Tar Pits

Los Angeles, California

La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Valley Relics Museum

Los Angeles, California

Valley Relics Museum

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Hollywood Tower Apartments

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Tower Apartments

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

John Sowden House. (Wikimedia Commons)

Los Angeles, California

John Sowden House

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Snow White Cottages

Los Angeles, California

Snow White Cottages

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.

Los Angeles, California

Space Shuttle Endeavour

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

October 2022

Los Angeles, California

Pink's Hot Dogs

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Bottom of the station

Los Angeles, California

Angels Flight

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Ennis House from House on Haunted Hill

Los Angeles, California

Ennis House

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

The Silent Movie Theater
Permanently Closed

Los Angeles, California

The Silent Movie Theater

The last of its kind in the country.

Downtown Tinseltown

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The Magic Castle

Los Angeles, California

The Magic Castle

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

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Los Angeles, California

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Los Feliz murder mansion

Los Angeles, California

Los Feliz Murder Mansion

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Hollywood Forever

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

View from the baptismal font.

Los Angeles, California

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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