California history

The oldest place in Northern California is a little-known gem that you'll definitely want to visit.

Here's what Los Angeles looked like before the stars came.

12. Ontario, 1900-1910. The beautiful citrus groves of Ontario as they looked over one hundred years ago.

The hippie movement helped usher in a cultural renaissance in California during the '60s and '70s.

“Let’s go for a nice, long Sunday drive down to Long Beach,” they said. “We’ll get out of the city and take in some of that fresh sea air,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” they said. They lied. (Long Beach, California, circa 1935)

Searchable history of the Santa Clarita Valley (Los Angeles County) in pictures and text.

Interested in visiting the 21 California missions? Check out this guide that shows you how to visit them all in 7 days and what to expect while at each one. It is a fantastic road trip along El Camino Real. #california #travel #photography #hiking #bucketlist #food #roadtrip #travelblog #adventure

The eucalyptus, or gum tree, is an invader from an alien botanical world. It arrived from Australia in the 1850s.

If you grew up in Southern California in the 1970s, this walk down memory lane will be positively delightful. What are some of your favorite SoCal memories?

Although nostalgia abounds for Angels Flight and the Great Incline up Echo Mountain, these classic funiculars were hardly alone. Three incline railways from Southern California history have largely escaped the public memory.

Mission Santa Barbara in California is an Important Piece of Catholic History

Looking north along Los Angeles' Main Street in 1882. (LAPL 00014010) Bizarre Los Angeles

Beautiful sketches of the historic California Missions by artist Chandler O'Leary

Our first interstate highway system once linked Southern California to the nation with concrete pavement and black-and-white shields.

Here is link to the old paramount track.... http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/ParamountRanchToday.html

Here are 12 rare photos of Southern California as it looked in the 1950s.

Q&A with historian Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History."