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#262: Claremont Depot (Claremont)

#262: Claremont Depot (Claremont)

July 13, 2025
Art & Literature
The Claremont Depot hosted the Santa Fe Railway's passenger & freight service for 40 years. After 25 years of vacancy, the depot was restored in 1992 and converted into a transit center and Metrolink stop. Today it's the home of the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art.
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#129: The Lummis House/”El Alisal” (Highland Park)

#129: The Lummis House/”El Alisal” (Highland Park)

December 9, 2022
Architecture
The Lummis House (aka El Alisal) in Highland Park is a playful castle-like structure of stone, cement and telephone poles (!), hand-built by one of the most colorful figures in LA history, Charles Lummis. You can appreciate it for its architectural uniqueness, or as a 3D manifestation of Lummis's philosophy. Either way, it's one of my favorite LA landmarks.
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#123: Natural History Museum (Exposition Park)

#123: Natural History Museum (Exposition Park)

October 23, 2022
Architecture
The Natural History Museum is justifiably famous for its awe-inspiring dinosaur skeletons and taxidermied animals. But did you know it was also an art museum for 50 years? Or that Exposition Park was once a hotbed of illicit activity like drinking, gambling and...camel racing?
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